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prmoustache 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: I won't download your app. The web version is a-ok

Not a single platform require permission from each individual contact in your adress book to access them and that is the real problem.

velocity3230 3 months ago [–]

GrapheneOS allows for this. It's called Contacts Scope.

prmoustache 3 months ago | [–]

Not really it asks the user of the device, not the individual contacts whose PII data could be treated by third parties tb hey never gave consent to.

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