Bluetooth headphones won't connect unless given access to contacts and call history

Using /e/OS
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Hello all, I bought JBL bluetooth headphones. When I try to connect it to my phone running /e/ it requests permission to access my contacts and call history; if I reject, the bluetooth connection does not complete.

Is there a way to get around this? I don’t want to share my contacts and call history with a headphone set… it makes no sense to me why it would need it.

I was also wondering if it’s possible to “spoof” the requested data somehow. i.e. to create some fake contacts and call history, and then tell /e/ to give permissions to that instead of the real stuff.

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It’s not the headphones requiring access to contacts and call history. It’s the proprietary app you use for them. BTW this JBL app has 5 trackers.

Most headphones (like my B&O) work very well without any proprietary app just on plain Bluetooth. You must answer the question why do you use this app, what are it’s advantages and can you live without that?

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Thanks for the reply.

I did not install any app. The request for permissions is presented when I try to do the bluetooth pairing, not when installing an app.