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I should setup a trash phone for all those spyware applications, maybe add all kinds of neat information there for them to steal too. It would be so much bother though as I would also have to get prepaid creditcard or something like that should I want to actually buy anything. I wonder if anything like that even exists. Maybe then I could use those stupid electric scooters lying all around, though I kind of dont want to even touch them since they most likely never get disinfected and are touched by hundreds every week or day.
If you installed the apps on a new "spam" profile on you phone would that isolate them for from the main profile?
Yes, at least on android you can sandbox apps.
I wouldnt install them on any phone that has any worthwhile information. Some older phone that would just lie unused otherwise is much better for this.