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[–] Wasq 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Good for you for checking that info. I find that I end up not installing about more than nine out of ten apps because of this same issue. Ain't worth it to me.

Don't give in...It's not worth it.

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[–] ToFat2Fish [S] ago 

Same here I wish I could just do a paid version and avoid all this

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[–] TiagoTiago 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago  (edited ago)

What could they do?

Contacts: They will know who you know.

Location: They will know where you are (and possibly where you have been).

SMS: Read what messages you get, send messages on your behalf.

Photos/Media/Files: They can see everything you store on your phone in those categories (possibly limited to certain default folders, though not necessarily).

Camera: They can see what your phone can see.

Microphone: They can hear what your phone can hear.

Wifi connection information: All sorts of information can be gathered from figuring out where you're connecting from. But I think this is mainly used to assist with location info, and possibly to learn what other sites and services you're accessing from that same connection.

Device Id/Call information: They know which device you're using, and they know who you talk with, when you do, and for how long.

There are some legit uses for most of those; but it is likely the main reason for them to request those permissions is to spy on you to figure out which ads to show you (and possibly cooperate with the government if the government wants to spy on you).

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[–] rockit 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

Install privacy guard and block anything you don't like the look of. Block device ID and call information for sure, twitter doesn't need to know your calling details.

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[–] Angusvigerous ago 

Privacy Guard is great, you can also set it to ask every time, so you know when they want to use it. Android M should have that option too IIRC.

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[–] Chiefpacman 1 point 2 points (+3|-1) ago 

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[–] sA7yECih 0 points 13 points (+13|-0) ago 

  • Contacts: It allows you to find phone contacts on Twitter.
  • Location: To share location on Twitter.
  • SMS: For Twitter to send 2FA SMS.
  • Photo/Media/Files: It allows you to upload Photos etc.
  • Camera: So you can take photos.
  • Microphone: I don't know, probably for videos.
  • Wifi-Connection Information: I don't know.
  • Device ID & Call Information: I don't know.

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[–] 3113383? ago 

AFAIK from what I have read of Googles Android dev guide, if the app requests for example to take a photo "through" the Android API and not directly itself, the app doesn't have to ask for permission for this.

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[–] CatInTheHat 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

wifi connection could be to determine how often they try to pull from the server in the background, so users on mobile data will use less data.
Device ID could be for authentication reasons.

These are just my guesses

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[–] G4 0 points 18 points (+18|-0) ago 

Analytics and integration. Be able to post stuff to twitter anywhere on your phone, and so Twitter can figure out how you use their app in order to improve it.

At least that's what they say the reason it. It's probably just so they can collect your personal data and habits to sell to third parties to make a profit.