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Re:Google Trusted Contacts by r3bl on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @06:35AM (#13113840)
Google already changed that in Android 6. You can install an app and only allow it certain permissions.

Of course, thanks to the Android ecosystem, it will take another year or two until a significant portion of people actually switches to devices running Android 6.

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Re:Google Trusted Contacts by izacus on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @07:19AM (#13114042)
Actual usage stats from several widely deployed apps to US/EU show that Android 6 and newer is already over 50% of active devices.

Slower than iOS yes, but not as alarming anymore.

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Re:Google Trusted Contacts by newscracker on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @10:19AM (#13115172)
Please provide a citation for your stats if you're going to repeat it. As mentioned in my comment above, the Android official dashboard has Android 6 and newer at less than 27% as per the latest measurement yesterday. [1] I can't imagine how this couldn't be alarming.

[1]: https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html

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