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Everyone knows all the apps on your phone - by peabee (peabee.substack.com)
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[–] alphapuggle@programming.dev 26 points 2 days ago

Seeing people say "GrapheneOS fixes this!" "It's only on old versions of Android!"

Device Info HW app that can read my applications

Permissions requested (viewed in Google Play, lack of any "read applications" permission)

Permissions granted in settings app, still lacking any "read applications" permission

This is on a Pixel 8 Pro with the latest version of GrapheneOS. This is an issue and has been for a long time. Many apps detect root by looking for the Magisk package using this method, and many collect this information just for advertising (go ahead, export your Snapchat data)