privacy - Why do so many applications require permission to read the phone state and identity?

Sunday, November 23, 2014

privacy - Why do so many applications require permission to read the phone state and identity?

Why do so many applications require permission to read the phone state and identity?. Specifically:

Phone calls
   read phone state and identity

For example Quickpedia is a Wikipedia portal, but wants access to the phone. What is the explanation for this?

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