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identifiers such as the serial number, MAC addresses, IMEIs/MEIDs, SIM card serial
numbers and subscriber IDs. Only privileged apps included in the base system with
<code>READ_PRIVILEGED_PHONE_STATE</code> whitelisted can access these hardware
- identifiers. Apps targeting Android 10 will receive a <code>SecurityException</code>
- and older apps will receive an empty value for compatibility.</p>
+ identifiers. Apps targeting Android 10 will receive a
+ <code>SecurityException</code> and older apps will receive an empty value for
+ compatibility. The default SMS app is a special case that's given access to the
+ IMEI, which is normally the GrapheneOS fork of the AOSP Messaging app unless
+ users explicitly change it to another app.</p>
<p>Since these restrictions became standard, GrapheneOS only makes a small change to
remove a legacy form of access to the serial number by legacy apps, which was still