> They will kick you out the store if they detect you're lying about the permission You have to wonder how long this app never got taken down. Permissions decl

> They will kick you out the store if they detect you're lying about the permission You have to wonder how long this app never got taken down. Permissions declared in the manifest do not always equate to them being used. Google could cross reference the privacy statement that the developer published against the manifest. That would have got it flagged. The actual code that calls android.content.Context.checkCallingOrSelfPermission() obfuscates the permission strings in many places - bypassing static code analysis checks.