Uber wants access to browsing history, bookmarks, and running apps
From a reddit comment:<p>&gt; The permissions you see on the install screen are actually triggered by various permissions in the permission group. I&#x27;ve checked Ubers (there&#x27;s a button on the web play store and you can see it in the manifest), and the only one from the Device and App History group they actually use is &quot;GET_TASKS&quot;, or get a list of recently opened apps.<p>&gt; Furthermore, on Lollipop this permission doesn&#x27;t even do anything anymore. The relevant function in the framework has been changed and only returns instances of the caller&#x27;s own app now. So Uber can see when you last used Uber. Big deal.<p>&gt; Basically, this is a big fuss for nothing. Uber is not accessing your browser history, and if you&#x27;re on Lollipop or above they can&#x27;t access your app history either. They may do that on lower versions, but it&#x27;s most likely to counter buggy behaviour on those older verions and not to spy on you.