From: usenet@andyburns.uk   
      
   Maria Sophia wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
   The apps listed as /actually/ using their contacts permission are   
      
   Contacts   
   Google   
   Pixel Watch   
   Messages   
   Phone   
   Signal   
   Thunderbird   
   SMS Backup & Restore   
      
   Which feels reasonable, the final app in the list is one that I have   
   used for years (back to when I ran custom ROMs and didn't want to lose   
   call history and SMS conversations each time I flashed the phone, I   
   think syncing to a google account does the same thing these days, but I   
   leave that app doing a belt-n-braces export to XML files in my Gdrive.   
      
   Play services does occasionally warn that it is an old app and might not   
   be trustworthy, maybe I should stop running it ...   
      
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