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> Android: slurping phone numbers, texting behind the scenes on your behalf, etc...

Debatable. If you install something like Permissions Explorer you can see which apps access your contacts and/or texts. It's generally a small list. And the Google sync features can be disabled.



The problem is that you've checked the chicken coop AFTER the fox has gotten to the chickens.




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