⚠️ Beware! Apps May Be Accessing Your Contacts Without Your Knowledge 📱🔍 By Dr Anindita Roy ( Ph.D) A few years ago, I discovered that if you create an app—any app—you can access the contact list of the user. 🤯 For example, a parent using an educational app often has the names and numbers of other parents with kids in the same age group. The app happily collects this data and starts sending messages, mostly without the user's explicit knowledge and consent. 📩📞 This raises serious concerns about privacy and data misuse! 🧐 How Do Apps Access Your Contacts? Apps can capture your contact data in several ways: 🔹 Permissions-Based Access – Apps request permission to access your contacts when installed or during use. 🔹 Cloud Syncing & Third-Party APIs – Some apps sync contacts with their servers or share them with third-party services. 🔹 Hidden or Indirect Collection – Apps like messaging, social media, and even some utility apps may access contacts without explicitly ...
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