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|    Alan to Maria Sophia    |
|    Re: How many apps on your phone have con    |
|    11 Feb 26 16:39:28    |
      From: nuh-uh@nope.com              On 2026-02-11 16:31, Maria Sophia wrote:       > Jeff Layman wrote:       >>> Still, it's a great datapoint where the next question I'd ask of you and       >>> anyone who has any apps with read permission to their contacts, is       >>> are you       >>> surprised at the number which you found out that "could" read contacts?       >>       >> I'm never surprised by anything in Android which compromises privacy.       >> It's interesting to compare the approach to giving information about       >> an app in the Google Play Store and F-Droid. The latter clearly has a       >> section entitled "Permissions" which show what the app will be able to       >> access (and perhaps modify). Not so the Play Store, which has a vague       >> section called "Data Safety".       >       >       > Hi Jeff,       >       > I agree with anyone who makes a logically sentient statement,              Well that is plainly bullshit.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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