theres a bunch of customizastion apps (icon packs, launchers etc.) that look really cool but lowkey collect my data, but if I just turn off the apps network permissons (app info, mobile data usage, and then set allow network access to off) do I still need to worry about data collection? thank

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[–] 3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

(app info, mobile data usage, and then set allow network access to off)

If that includes wifi then you're probably fine. There's a bunch of other protocols an app might leak data over, such as Bluetooth, NFC, Calls/SMS, USB, etc., but they're all quite niche compared to a regular internet connection.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    can they really do anything with that even if they don't have like sms permissions or whatever?

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