Have you ever thought about what your Phone app can do beyond making calls? In this video I show you how to lock it down in under 5 minutes, because by default it can have access to your location, your photos, your SMS, and it can even modify your phone’s system settings. That’s way too much for an app whose only role is to make calls. So I walk you step by step through the exact settings to change: go into Settings > Apps, search “Phone,” and disable “Modify system settings.” Then I go into the Phone app permissions and break down what you can keep vs. what you should remove immediately. Contacts, call logs, and notifications are usually fine. Location, photos/videos, and often SMS are not—zero valid reason unless you truly use those features inside the Phone app. I also show you where to check call recording (and delete old recordings), how to verify your default calling app (multiple defaults is a red flag), and how to inspect call forwarding so your calls aren’t silently redirected. Finally, if you’re on Android 12+, I show you the Privacy Dashboard (permissions used in the last 7 days) so you can catch apps accessing location/mic/camera when you weren’t even using them.