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When are they going to add an app-specific “Contacts sandbox” for Android — or the ability to do app-specific spoofed permissions in general?

It is annoying that I either give WhatsApp all my contacts or none of them. For stuff like that I’d like to be able to share contacts on a per-contact basis (with the app unable to tell the difference between partial and full contact lists, mind you).

Something like that exists for file system permissions already. I’m surprised I haven’t seen it in any custom OSes or mods.

RealZero

@pganssle GrapheneOS has this feature and I'd love if it would become a general part of AOSP (Android Open Source Project).

It allows you to choose which contacts to share, or just pretend you don't have any.

@BryanGreyson Nice! Next time I have time / inclination to switch to a custom OS I’ll have to give it a try.