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One founder leaves and the replacement has a different mandate and/or worldview. Happens all the time. You should assume any app requiring contacts and access t
by chiggsy 4y ago
One founder leaves and the replacement has a different mandate and/or worldview. Happens all the time. You should assume any app requiring contacts and access to photos is exfiltrating them.
- franga2000 4y agoYou may choose to assume that, or you may choose to believe them due to various other factors. The choice is and should be yours, not Google's. And even if you do choose to assume that, you're aware it's just an assumption, not a fact. But if Google does the assuming for you and gives you their assumption as a fact, you don't have that very important context. Google is more than welcome to add a disclaimer such as "no claims in the app description have been verified and may change at any time" to all apps - I'd even welcome it. But don't make us lie to our users! (I'm not affiliated with the posting company, but I've had a similar issue in an app with location permissions for use on a simple map)