I am fully aware of what vpn services to use and not. I am not using Express VPN, I am simply doing research for a master thesis, when I came across these results from Express VPN. If you have any ideas or corrections, please let me know why a VPN provider would need to have access to these permissions.
Screenshot is from Exodus service, which let’s you view what exactly perimissions and trackers each app uses. You can check out the results and the tool for yourself here: https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.expressvpn.vpn/latest/
I know the camera permission can be explicitly denied by you, and the app can’t work around that. As for Bluetooth, I think it’s the same story, although I haven’t checked …
This isn’t an endorsement of the VPN service, as other people have pointed out it has some issues