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		MichaelGG on Oct 16, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Whisper app tracks ‘anonymous’ users The Whisper app on Android asks for "Device ID & call information" allowing you to see the serial number of a user as well as who they call and who calls them. If you don't collect that info, why is your app requesting permissions to it?

scintill76 on Oct 16, 2014 [–]

Would not be surprised if it was for a third-party analytics library, but still, that does not go well with a supposedly anonymous app.

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