Firebase Analytics and advertising identifier access
<p>Android apps using just Firebase Analytics without any other firebase dependencies like Firebase Ads ends up declaring AD_ID permission in the final merged android manifest.</p>
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implementation platform('com.google.firebase:firebase-bom:32.4.0')
implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics'</pre>
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<p>The permission <strong><em>com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID</em></strong> can be traced back to <strong>com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads-identifier</strong></p>
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