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by tiltowait 1064 days ago
Maybe it would break a lot of things, but my gut instinct is I wish it were illegal for an app to slurp up, even with the user's consent, all of the user's contacts. Any such entries should be manual.

I don't use $SERVICE. I never want to use $SERVICE. I certainly don't consent to $SERVICE having my contact info because some acquaintance/friend/family member who doesn't know any better tapped "allow" on a button. But because it's allowed, any number of immoral companies like Facebook have my info, even though I've made a conscious decision never to use them due to their privacy violations.