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My idea to improve the issue is the following: an app asks for permissions and you as a user get two choices: grant the permission or grant mock permission. Mock permission gives access to some random data that like stock contacts/stock photos/whatever.

Every app is required to work correctly with the mock data or is removed from the store. You could even have mock folders in the photo app or mock contacts on your phone so you as a user can see how the app works on those without giving it access to the real stuff.

Example: a parking app asks for access to your contacts and ability to call, you give it a mock permission. It just works. When it tries to call someone you see info: "app XYZ calls mock contact A". When it tries to read your contacts it just gets a stock list. If it tries to tell you it needs real contacts you report it to Google and it gets removed.




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