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I bought a cheap (£15) webcam that turned out not to be a webcam as such. It only works with a special Android app. The app asks for the following permissions:

Device & app history

retrieve running apps

read sensitive log data

Contacts

read your contacts

Location

approximate location (network-based)

Phone

read phone status and identity

Photos/Media/Files

access USB storage filesystem

read the contents of your USB storage

modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Storage

read the contents of your USB storage

modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Camera

take pictures and videos

Microphone

record audio

Wi-Fi connection information

view Wi-Fi connections

Device ID & call information

read phone status and identity

Other

Access download manager.

download files without notification

close other apps

view network connections

read battery statistics

pair with Bluetooth devices

send sticky broadcast

change system display settings

change network connectivity

allow Wi-Fi Multicast reception

connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi

disable your screen lock

control flashlight

full network access

close other apps

change your audio settings

run at startup

control vibration

prevent device from sleeping

modify system settings