Android is extremely broken and is designed to leak information like a sieve. Not surprising given the incentives of Google. Don't expect goodwill or good beha

Android is extremely broken and is designed to leak information like a sieve. Not surprising given the incentives of Google. Don't expect goodwill or good behavior when the fundamental incentives are surveillance and hoovering user data. The multi billion dollar ad economy is based on this. A system designed with user privacy would be designed to lock down hard on contacts, sms, location, and other personally identifying information access. But the android permission system for instance is so involved it's not surprising lay people are not able to understand the implications, read between the lines of actual motivations and take proper actions. Facebook does not need your location, contact or sms information. Neither does Google. Yet Google insists on creepily telling you your location on every Google search. This itself is sinister and attempts to normalize stalking behavior. Uber and others don't strictly need location access, you can type it in, and if required it should be used for the convenience it offers - you are paying for the service - without the possibility of Uber and others collecting historical location and ride information to build invasive files on their users.