From: Jeff@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 11/02/2026 00:22, Maria Sophia wrote:   
   > Jeff Layman wrote:   
   >> On 10/02/2026 21:56, Alan wrote:   
   >>> On 2026-02-10 13:51, Maria Sophia wrote:   
   >>>> I have 78 or 79, including system apps that have read permission to my   
   >>>> contacts, although none of them can get even a single contact from me.   
   >>>   
   >>> How in the hell does that sentence make sense?   
   >>>   
   >>> Can someone help me out here?   
   >>   
   >>   From what I remember has been previously written, there are no contact   
   >> names stored anywhere on Maria Sophia's phone. I guess it means that   
   >> when a message is received (eg email or SMS), and the Contacts app   
   >> offers to store the senders name as a contact, that offer is refused   
   >> every time.   
   >>   
   >> The contacts could instead be stored in a text file with email addresses   
   >> and phone numbers next to them.   
   >>   
   >> BICBW   
   >   
   > Hi Jeff Layman,   
   >   
   > Long time no see. Good to hear from you again on the Android newsgroup!   
   >   
   > Can you please check how many apps (including system apps!) can read your   
   > contacts database for this group-wide survey. Just make sure you include   
   > system apps because most people don't realize they abound on Android.   
      
   According to my phone, I have 5 of 15 apps allowed access to Contacts.   
   These are: Contacts, FairEmail, Messages, Personal Safety, Phone.   
      
   All are System apps with the exception of FairEmail according to the   
   Muntashirakon App Manager.   
      
   I can supposedly disallow permission for all of these to access Contacts   
   with the exception of Personal Safety, where "Do not allow" is greyed   
   out. If I try to disallow the permission for the System apps, I get a   
   warning message: "If you deny this permission, basic features of your   
   device may no longer function as intended". This is probably nonsense,   
   as I've disallowed Google access, and get the same message.   
      
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   Jeff   
      
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