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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago (2 children)

*if you have an older Android phone.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago

What do you mean? The article is talking about current versions of Android.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

The second half of the article talks about how the apps get around this permission requirement.