r/degoogle 17h ago

Question SMS permission used by 3 apps, 1 of which is hidden

4 Upvotes

Hi, checked my permissions, and SMS permission is used by Messages, Google Play Services and one hidden app which doesnt show even among system ones.

How do I figure out which is the third app that uses that permission? Thanks


r/degoogle 18h ago

Question Google Play Services - what does it use Nearby Devices permission for? Does it use it 24/7?

1 Upvotes

What does it use for and can I disable it? Thanks


r/degoogle 22h ago

Question Gmail Security Concerns

0 Upvotes

Hello everyone,

I would like some advice regarding my Gmail inbox.

Since November I have started receiving hundreds of spam emails, every single day about 100-120 emails arrive, all 100% correctly filtered by Gmail but now I am starting to fear for the security of the account and I don't know if it is the case to change my email address directly.

The phenomenon continues without stopping, there was only a slight decrease, and then exploded again.

I have two-factor authentication active and I have not yet had any login attempts, but having never received even a single spam email, now this explosion makes me fear that something could happen in the future.

I have checked various accounts to which the email is associated but there have been no access violations.

Each associated account has a different password.

I have never given access to third parties to the account and only WhatsApp has access to drive to save the backup.

What do you recommend?

I really don't know whether to proceed with closing the mailbox, with all the inconveniences that this entails, or simply continue to empty the spam folder without interacting with the spam that arrives.

I await your opinion.

Thanks


r/degoogle 1d ago

Help Needed Started degoogling and I don't know how the Fossify Contacts app import export works

0 Upvotes

I downloaded the app and it instantly fetched all the phone numbers from the Google Contacts app. Now I check the contacts details and I see they are saved in my gmail. There is no option of putting in another email. I created a new proton mail account yesterday. Is there a way to save the phone numbers to proton mail?

I can't find any options of import/export or fetching contacts from an email account