Taking a look at the permits you need the latest official update of the sensational instant messaging app Whatsapp, I have come to realize how much consent you need and practically have our okay to do and undo as you please without us even noticing.
I myself am a faithful user of Whatsapp and I think it is the best application of the style, I don't understand why this amount of permissions is due, which includes some that I really can't understand.
Amongst the more serious permissions that I can observe, there are those of poser make phone calls without our consent or the ability to do or even receive text messages of the SMS type.
Does this application really need to be able to use this kind of options from our terminal? options such as being able to call at your discretion to telephone numbers without our explicit consent or for example if you wanted send SMS to the wrongly called Premium services that later they hit us with a slap on the phone bill.
Apart from these dangerous options for our telephone bill, I have also found others no less curious and serious, especially regarding our privacy and privacy it means. Options such as using the camera of our terminal to take photos and videos when you feel like it and always without the need for user consent or power make audio recordings also without our consent.
How do I tell you, this of the permits in the apps on Android they would have to be a little more controlled by Google and only validate those that are really necessary for the correct operation of the application in question.
With the powers that we have given to applications like WhatsappYou know, apart from the private data they collect about us, what other things they may have. Audio recordings? Private photos and videos? The truth is that only they will know because what is real is that permissions to perform these actions if we have granted you.
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