Risk Level: HIGH
What does it do?
Grants access to your full contact list, including names, phone numbers, emails, and sometimes addresses and photos.
Why is it dangerous?
- Privacy Violation: Your friends’ data is uploaded to spam lists.
- Social Engineering: Scammers use real names of your family members to target you (or them) with convincing phishing attacks.
- Financial Fraud: Fake loan apps harass your contacts if you miss a payment.
Legitimate Uses
- Social Media apps (to find friends).
- Communication apps (WhatsApp, Signal).
Verdict
Deny unless the app’s PRIMARY function is communication.