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by _piif 1311 days ago
On Android you should be able to create new user accounts on the phone which are completely separated and can be quickly switched between. I used to create one with just WhatsApp installed for instance.

Alternatively if you are rooted Xprivacy[0] does what you asked, allowing you to grant apps permissions but then feeding them fake data as configured.

No idea about iOS though.

EDIT: There seems to be an app called Insular[1] which also works like Xprivacy, but doesn't require root at all and comes with a couple of extra features like the ability to have multiple instances of an app installed. Haven't tried this one though and I have no idea if it even runs on newer versions of Android.

[0] https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacyLua

[1] https://secure-system.gitlab.io/Insular/
1 comments
_carbyau_ 1311 days ago
Multiple worthy suggestions? Which I could upvote more than once. Thank you.

Insular seems to rely on the inbuilt managed profiles to "run as" another user. Seems straightforward. I'll try it out!

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