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How would apps grant access to all the phones data though? Sure, they could intercept Google or Facebook or Microsoft, but I don't see how theyd get full access to the phone without an OEM helping them.

Apps are sandboxed. I don't see how it's possible.




> Apps are sandboxed. I don't see how it's possible.

How many phone apps there are these days that are strictly local storage and don't communicate externally to anywhere? It's all cloud cloud cloud, which means it is most likely passing through one or more MITM points.




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