Blocking "com.google.android.play.core.*" results in the App not loading

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I was shocked to hear that Tor-Browser Android contains Telemetry and more.

I used LuckyPatcher to look into its permissions and activities and what I didnt like were these:

  • RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
  • com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE
  • com.google.android.gms.common.api.GoogleApiActivity
  • com.google.android.play.core.missingsplits.PlayCoreMissingSplitsActivity
  • com.google.android.play.core.common.PlayCoreDialogWrongWrapperActivity
  • mozilla.telemetry.glean.debug.GleanDebugActivity

I disabled all of them, resulting in the App crashing after start.

I then enabled both com.google.android.play* activities again, the app works.

These Permissions are needed for the App to check if I have PlayServices right? Is that of any importance? Why does the app crash when I disable this? Is it something that should be inside of such an app?

Thanks!

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They are inert

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