Phone a friend

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9 Comments

Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 35 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Deny!

android app: sorry this app cannot function without access to your contacts and location.

RiQuY@lemm.ee · 12 pts · 1y

Then disable it if it cannot be uninstalled and install an alternative.

TheFogan@programming.dev · 13 pts · 1y (5 replies)

Nah it's practical... it's for convenience... you know when you ask a girl for her number and she answers it with

(123×4567×8910)−(423×5)+(9876×54321)−6789

So in the event of that situation once you solve it, you want to call it right away!

moody@lemmings.world · 5 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Does that happen regularly to you? Because that's not normal.

TheFogan@programming.dev · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

What do they do for you, scavenger hunts? Literary mysteries? Maybe the old it's burried at the bottom of a lake challenge?

moody@lemmings.world · 1 pts · 1y

Usually they just give me their number, or sometimes they just don't. I've never had to jump through hoops of fire, or tame a grizzly bear, or develop a new mathematical theorem to prove I'm worth a shot. "Can I have your number?" should just be a yes or no question.

humanspiral@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 1y

all the time, but the result just calls a pizza delivery chain.

AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 1y

From my experience that is fairly normal

Trainguyrom@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 1y

Real talk, this screenshot is probably for an application intended for hiding communications with another partner from your spouse. When I worked in support for a phone manufacturer I encountered it once while educating a customer about excessive app permissions. I pointed out "for example this calculator app has permission to make and receive calls. A calculator app should never have permissions like that" and he sheepishly explained what the app was and that in this case it actually should. Points for honesty I guess?