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Frank Slootweg, 2024-12-16 19:38:

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>   As I mentioned elsewhere [1] in the (sub-)thread, both backing up and
> exporting SMS/MMS messages and contacts is *not* a problem on Android.
> There are umpteen apps that do that kind of thing.

Yes - because "read SMS" is a permission which can be granted to apps
and not because messages received via SMS is just lying around somewhere
and every app can read it.

Also see:

<https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission#READ_SMS>


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