XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-02-10 19:49, Maria Sophia wrote:   
   > Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   >>> The privacy decency point is I know exactly where my contacts are   
   >>> stored.   
   >>> Now let's ask you to answer the same question of fact that I just did.   
   >>>   
   >>> Q: Where are all *your* Android mobile-device contacts actually stored?   
   >>> A: ?   
   >>   
   >>   Carlos already answered it and very well and succinctly, so I'll just   
   >> repeat it:   
   >>   
   >>    
   >> In our phones, with a copy in our private area of google servers. Under   
   >> our control.   
   >>    
   >   
   > Hi Frank,   
   >   
   > Thanks for hazarding a guess as to what the answer to the question is.   
   > I am well aware it's scary to answer factual questions on Usenet.   
   >   
   > Unfortunately, the explanation you gave leaves out an important part   
   > since even if contacts are stored locally and synced to Google, that's   
   > only one tiny part of the picture. Any app with contact access can   
   > upload that data to its own servers, and many do. WhatsApp, Facebook   
   > Messenger, Telegram, Signal (for contact discovery), LinkedIn and many   
   > others all do this.   
      
   Not to my knowledge.   
      
      
   ...   
      
   --   
   Cheers,   
           Carlos E.R.   
      
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