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Android Contacts permissions

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Just got an Android phone (ver.7).  Not a happy camper here so far. 
Android seems to want to make everything harder than it should be and 
more complex than needed, but that is just the opinion of a Linux user ;-)

My issue is that to have a contacts list of phone numbers, the 
permissions required are: calendar, contacts (obviously), location, 
phone (obviously), SMS, storage (obvious), and email attachments.  My 
question is why are calendar, location, and email needed?  Why would I 
want to do this and what are the security ramifications?  I'm curious 
how this would be handled if the phones were given out to women that 
have been harmed.

Thanks for the help.

Dave,

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Android Contacts permissions Dave <dboland9@mail.com> - 2018-09-04 12:50 -0400
  Re: Android Contacts permissions Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2018-09-04 18:20 +0000
    Re: Android Contacts permissions Dave <dboland9@mail.com> - 2018-09-05 08:22 -0400
    Re: Android Contacts permissions xJumper <sugarman@mailinator.com> - 2018-09-05 08:50 -0400
      Re: Android Contacts permissions Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2018-09-05 14:09 +0100
  Re: Android Contacts permissions 123456789 <12345@12345.com> - 2018-09-04 14:33 -0700
    Re: Android Contacts permissions Dave <dboland9@mail.com> - 2018-09-05 08:24 -0400

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