Many apps (social, browsers, games) request contact access even when it's unnecessary. Allowing access lets apps upload and ...

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Use Gmail's "Recovery Contacts" feature to regain access to your Google account during an emergency. All you need to do is reach out to a trusted contact.

On the internet, a rule of thumb is that if you let apps access your data, they will try to scrape pretty much all of it and store it on remote servers until they no longer need it. Of course, there ...