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		Tijdreiziger on Feb 15, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook spamming users via their 2FA phone number... If you buy a current Android phone, it will have privacy controls for 90% (guesstimate) of apps in the Play Store.

teddyfrozevelt on Feb 15, 2018 | [–]

You can allow/block permissions from any app, no matter what Android version it targets. If the app targets a version below 6.0 (Marshmallow) then the app won't ask at runtime and Android will warn you that block a permission for that app may break it.

Tijdreiziger on Feb 15, 2018 | | [–]

Ah yes, I forgot about that.

zanedb on Feb 15, 2018 | [–]

100%, you mean.

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