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intrepidity

(7,891 posts)
Fri Jun 16, 2023, 02:49 PM Jun 2023

Is there an App that does this?

I am looking for an easy way to understand everything on my (Android) phone in terms of what is needed (vs optional) what it does and how it is connected to the other things on my phone.

Like, why does this app need access to the camera? What happens if I disable this setting? Which other apps or functions will be affected if I make a change? How is this feature a possible security vulnerability? Those types of questions. And if it could do all of that in a GUI that'd be even better.

Does such a thing exist? And how can I know if I could trust *that* app with all that info?

Help please? I hate being in the dark about what my devices are doing and what they know.

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Is there an App that does this? (Original Post) intrepidity Jun 2023 OP
That app is called Google SmartJellyfish Jun 2023 #1
It's probable that with a chatGPT tool plugin intrepidity Jun 2023 #2

SmartJellyfish

(63 posts)
1. That app is called Google
Sat Jun 17, 2023, 09:03 AM
Jun 2023

Specific questions can usually be answered by a few minutes of searching the app name you are curious about.

intrepidity

(7,891 posts)
2. It's probable that with a chatGPT tool plugin
Sat Jun 17, 2023, 06:57 PM
Jun 2023

But doing it one at a time via Google, oye, I can't even.

I looked in the Play store and there seem to be tools that sort of somewhat do what I'm describing, but not completely.

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