Phone number lookup - Disable phone number search

Phone number lookup - Disable phone number search

I can’t understand why LineageOS keeps the phone number search active - and /e/ OS takes over the same settings without informing the user!

As soon as the phone app is started, the app searches locally on the device for the entered number or name. However, the search is not only local, but also online - by default via Google. This means that every time the user searches locally for a number or name, Google also receives this information. This is not at all understandable from a data protection perspective.

Fortunately, the function can be deactivated - by the user.

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