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- What does it mean when an app wants to access your contacts?
- Should I let apps access my contacts?
- Can an app access my contacts without permission?
What does it mean when an app wants to access your contacts?
Contacts
It's not your data to give. Some apps ask for access to your contacts to make sharing and finding friends easy. For example, a messaging app like Telegram will check to see which of your friends also use it.
Should I let apps access my contacts?
New Delhi: Giving each and every app access to personal information stored on Android smartphones such as your contacts, call history, SMS and photos may put you in trouble as bad actors can easily use these access to spy on you, send spam messages and make calls anywhere at your expense or even sign you up for a ...
Can an app access my contacts without permission?
An app that has access to the list of contacts is capable, without further notice, to upload that information to a server. (If it has internet access, that is, but most do.)
