![]() While both can be problematic, the "modify" permission is especially dangerous since it would let an app read all the contact information you have on your phone. This includes how often you communicate with particular contacts. SMS apps, contact management apps, dialer replacement apps and even some social media apps will need one or both of these applications, but apps without any social aspect to them have on reason to require this. These permissions could potentially cost you a lot of money, if malicious apps use these permissions to send illegitimate SMSes or tack on extra charges onto each SMS and MMS you send. The "read your text messages" and "receive text messages permissions" can also potentially result in your privacy being compromised. If there’s no real reason for an app to require these permissions, avoid it. However, there are perfectly valid reasons an app would require these permissions, especially if it’s an SMS app. Again, a bit of reasoning should save you from having to deal with any issues related to this permission. ![]() "Find accounts on the device" lets the app check with Android’s built in Account Manager on whether you have any accounts on services such as Google, Facebook and so on. ![]()
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