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You’d probably just call it “local network access” or something similar.

Most people are not running local DNS services which a device without this permission could use to probe the local network, so it’s a fairly accurate description for the majority of users I would think?



I'm pretty sure my mother would have to ask me what “local network access” meant.

Also, there is nothing mom would install that would legitimately require this permission ...




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