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The best way is to generate fake numbers and add them all to confuse the algo. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cklee.contactsgenerator&hl=en_

The best way is to generate fake numbers and add them all to confuse the algo. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cklee.contactsgenerator&hl=en_US&gl=US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cklee.cont... Haven't tried this app, and it may be more horrid do install an app but the only other way I was thinking was manually via CSV and generate it with dummy data from some other misc data on the web.... I should do it actually. It helps break the addicting nature of social media apps and ruins the networking effect. -- https://code.lardcave.net/entries/2012/04/22/135057/ https://code.lardcave.net/entries/2012/04/22/135057/ This is really cool and covers the exact issue, but with resolving it by creating TWO contact books!

dheera 6y ago
If you actually want to mess with the algo you probably need to have partially real and partially fake data, or disruptive data such as rotating the names, e-mail address, and phone numbers within the same contact list so that they don't correspond to each other. Outlier rejection of completely random data for these sort of graph-connected networks is exceedingly easy and unlikely to screw up their algo.
- johnisgood 6y ago
  Do you know of an app that does that? I do not know much about Android development, maybe this should be my first project? It is always easy to unfuck it, just delete all contacts, and import your actual contacts with their correct details from a file you exported and backed up. But... for how long do you have to keep the fake contacts and whatnot?