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  33         <p>Privacy Cell uses the following permissions.</p>
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  35         <h3>Read phone status and identity</h3>
  36         <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>
  37         <p>Required to determine which protocols are being used by the cell phone network.</p>
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  39         <h3>Read phone numbers</h3>
  40         <p><a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission.html#READ_PHONE_NUMBERS">android.permission.<wbr>READ_<wbr>PHONE_<wbr>NUMBERS</a></p>
  41         <p>Required to display the cell network name and phone number of the SIM card.</p>
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  43         <h3>Show notifications</h3>
  44         <p><a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission.html#POST_NOTIFICATIONS">android.permission.<wbr>POST_<wbr>NOTIFICATIONS</a></p>
  45         <p>Allows Privacy Cell to display a realtime monitoring notification icon in the status bar.</p>
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  47         <h3>Run foreground service</h3>
  48         <p><a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission#FOREGROUND_SERVICE">android.permission.<wbr>FOREGROUND_<wbr>SERVICE</a></p>
  49         <p>Allows Privacy Cell to update the realtime monitoring notification icon when the app is not in the foreground.</p>
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  51         <h3>Foreground service special use</h3>
  52         <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>
  53         <p>Specifies the type of foreground service.
  54             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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  56         <h3>Run at startup</h3>
  57         <p><a href="https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission#RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED">android.permission.<wbr>RECEIVE_<wbr>BOOT_<wbr>COMPLETED</a></p>
  58         <p>Allows Privacy Cell to enable the realtime monitoring service when the phone boots.</p>
  59
  60         <h3>Dynamic receiver not exported</h3>
  61         <p><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></p>
  62         <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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