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  30         <p>Privacy Cell uses the following permissions.</p>
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  32         <h3>Read phone status and identity</h3>
  33         <p><a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission.html#READ_PHONE_STATE">android.permission.<wbr>READ_<wbr>PHONE_<wbr>STATE</a></p>
  34         <p>Required to determine which protocols are being used by the cell phone network.</p>
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  36         <h3>Show Notifications</h3>
  37         <p><a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission.html#POST_NOTIFICATIONS">android.permission.<wbr>POST_<wbr>NOTIFICATIONS</a></p>
  38         <p>Allows Privacy Cell to display a realtime monitoring notification icon in the status bar.</p>
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  40         <h3>Run foreground service</h3>
  41         <p><a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission#FOREGROUND_SERVICE">android.permission.<wbr>FOREGROUND_<wbr>SERVICE</a></p>
  42         <p>Allows Privacy Cell to update the realtime monitoring notification icon when the app is not in the foreground.</p>
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  44         <p><a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission#FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE">android.permission.<wbr>FOREGROUND_<wbr>SERVICE_<wbr>SPECIAL_<wbr>USE</a></p>
  45         <p>Specifies the type of foreground service.
  46             Special Use is for services that don't fit into any of the <a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/14/changes/fgs-types-required">standard categories</a>.</p>
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  48         <h3>Run at startup</h3>
  49         <p><a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission#RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED">android.permission.<wbr>RECEIVE_<wbr>BOOT_<wbr>COMPLETED</a></p>
  50         <p>Allows Privacy Cell to enable the realtime monitoring service when the phone boots.</p>
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  52         <h3><a href="https://developer.android.com/about/versions/13/features#runtime-receivers">com.stoutner.privacycell.<wbr>DYNAMIC_<wbr>RECEIVER_<wbr>NOT_<wbr>EXPORTED_<wbr>PERMISSION</a></h3>
  53         <p>Automatically added to all apps targeting API >= 33 (Android 13) to prevent other apps from connecting to dynamic receivers without explicit permission.</p>
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