From: mariasophia@comprehension.com   
      
   Andy Burns wrote:   
   > Maria Sophia wrote:   
   >   
   >> Did you get that number from the GUI or from dumpsys?   
   >   
   > The Permissions Manager in Settings.   
      
   Thanks. I don't trust that GUI for the stated reasons.   
      
   But even so, your number (17) is more realistic given how many system apps   
   have read permission on the contacts that can't be revoked sans rooting.   
      
   Since this question is really all about basic human decency, and since I'm   
   well aware what everyone else but me does, the thread is really opened to   
   learn more about contacts and to help teach why they're so dangerous.   
      
   There were people on the other thread who claimed they had complete control   
   of their contacts, where this thread pretty much proves that a fallacy.   
      
   Just like Germany & Japan thought they had complete control of their   
   ciphers in WWII, nobody has complete control over their contacts.   
      
   Except me. :)   
      
   In case my optimism is unwarranted, I challenge anyone to dispute that.   
   But remember, my contacts sqlite database is empty (or poisoned if I like).   
      
   So they'd have to challenge my rightful smugness on whether or not DOpen   
   Contacts' private /data/data storage is open to attack, or if the FOSS   
   app itself is doing malicious things (which I haven't checked if it does).   
      
   My point is that most people are not as considerate as I am but I'm not   
   expecting them to all of a sudden be decent to their fellow contacts.   
      
   But I do expect them to think about how to protect their contacts.   
   Maybe not as much as I have.   
      
   But at least a little bit for them to think about what respect means.   
      
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