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Re:Fake_contacts: Android app to create fake phone contacts,... by bogwog on Saturday February 27, 2021 @01:44PM (#26287038)
In my case, I don't even remember giving them permission to use my contacts, yet I got accepted because one of my contacts sent me an invite.

I might have given them permission without realizing it, but what could've also happened is that they saw my phone number in someone else's contact list, and assumed we were contacts.

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Re:Fake_contacts: Android app to create fake phone contacts,... by evanmoran on Saturday February 27, 2021 @05:13PM (#26288658)
You probably didn’t share, as I didn’t. I believe the contacts permission is only required if you want to share an invite, not to accept one.
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