Fake_contacts: Android app to create fake phone contacts, to do data-poisoning

Re:Fake_contacts: Android app to create fake phone contacts,... by woadwarrior01 on Saturday February 27, 2021 @01:01PM (#26286689)

I have an old iPhone with an empty address book for testing dodgy apps that require contacts access, I use that for sending Clubhouse invites. OTOH, Clubhouse seem work fine on my primary phone, where I haven't given it contacts access.

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Re:Fake_contacts: Android app to create fake phone contacts,... by Haemm0r on Saturday February 27, 2021 @01:35PM (#26286971)

For Android I can recommend "Shelter"[1] which lets you setup a work profile, so you dont have to share your contacts, files, etc.. Downside: If you have already a work profile, it does not work (Android allows only one work profile)

[1] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.typeblog.shelter/

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Re:Fake_contacts: Android app to create fake phone contacts,... by IG_Semmelweiss on Saturday February 27, 2021 @03:14PM (#26287743)

nice find.

is there a list of known existing "big brother" apps ? or is it just as good to look at app permissions to figure this out ?

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Re:Fake_contacts: Android app to create fake phone contacts,... by xxyzz on Saturday February 27, 2021 @06:27PM (#26289123)

That means some Chinese apps: https://github.com/PeterCxy/Shelter#features--use-cases

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Re:Fake_contacts: Android app to create fake phone contacts,... by lupire on Saturday February 27, 2021 @03:14PM (#26287749)

If your invitees don't also have a spare iPhone, what's the point of inviting them? They'll have the same problem with no workaround?

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Re:Fake_contacts: Android app to create fake phone contacts,... by woadwarrior01 on Saturday February 27, 2021 @04:19PM (#26288272)

You don't need to grant the Clubhouse app access to your contacts to use it. ATM, that's only needed to invite people.

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