Auditing Your Phone for Data-Snooping Apps

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Preview โ€” The Goal

๐ŸŽฏ The Goal: A simple calculator app does not need access to your contacts. Free apps monetize by bundling and selling your habits โ€” location trails, contact lists, microphone snippets, photo libraries โ€” to data brokers. The defense is a 15-minute quarterly audit: open privacy settings, and strip every permission that isn't obviously required for the app to do its one job.