One thing I'm very worried about with Signal is the high levels of permissions the app requires when you first install it. It seems very counter intuitive,. Wo

One thing I'm very worried about with Signal is the high levels of permissions the app requires when you first install it. It seems very counter intuitive,. Worried about privacy & security of your messages? Oh firstly you need to trust all your personal contact info to us. Yes they say they don't use it off of the phone, but it's asked for and that's based on trust. On iPhone it requires access to your contact list. Surely it could run without this? Snapchat for example makes it easy to add friends in person, by scanning a code on one phone from another. How is sending unencrypted text messages announcing your social graph the only way to use the app. Why is the app asking for so much permissions trust itself?