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Re:Twilio incident: What Signal users need to know by AareyBaba on Monday August 15, 2022 @03:49PM (#32474486)
On an iPhone, what does 'sharing your contact list' imply ?

Does the app get just name and phone numbers or all the meta data like address and personal notes that I put into my contacts ? I haven't been able to figure this out - does anyone know what Apple's policy is on this ?

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Re:Twilio incident: What Signal users need to know by mercutio2 on Monday August 15, 2022 @04:52PM (#32475194)
Contact Notes, specifically, require [0] a special entitlement to access them, so normal chat apps should never have access to them on iOS.

All other fields, for all contacts, are accessible once Contacts access is granted.

[0] https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/en...

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