Should I Answer App Review: One of the Best Alternative of Truecaller

 

Truecaller is #1 choice of Android user to protect from spam and telemarketing calls, Truecaller ask lots of permission beyond its limit, Many people have reported that Truecaller sell user data to Internet Advertising companies which it collect in the form of App permission. In this post I will talk about Should I Answer , a privacy friendly alternative of Truecaller.

Should I Answer App, ask less permission as compare to Truecaller, It has neat and clean user interface as compare to Truecaller. should I answer does not show those annoying ads which Truecaller does. As per my point of View Truecaller is biggest Privacy Threat Below is the Permission comparison of Truecaller and Should I Answer App.

Permission Required to Function Truecaller App on Your Android Device. 

  •  Receive/Read your text messages (SMS or MMS): 
  •  Full network access Location:  
  • Camera: 
  •  Contact access: 
  • View network and Wi-Fi connections: 
  • Receive data from Internet: .
  • Directly call phone numbers: 
  •  Read phone status and identity: 
  • Reroute outgoing calls
  •  Modify phone state: .
  • Modify or delete the contents of your USB storage: 
  • Disable your screen lock and prevent the device from sleeping: 
  • Modify your contacts: 
  • Microphone:  

Permission Required to Function Should I Answer App on Your Android Device. 

  • Phone Contacts Permission (Android 6+)
  • Call Info Permission (Android 6+)
  • Set Default Phone App (Android 7+)
  • Draw Over Other Apps (Android 6+)
  • Accessibility Service (If not set as default phone app)
  •  Disabling Background Optimizations
  • Disabling Lock Screen Optimizations (Some Devices)

If we look at permission of both the Apps, We can clearly see that Truecaller mining the user data. If you are really concern about your data, then I will strictly recommend to quit Truecaller and switch to should i answer or any similar app that require less data and permission.

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