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For even greater effect, the app could apply heuristics when selecting target contacts, preferring names such as ‘Dad’ and ‘Mom’, or contacts that have nickname
by caf 9y ago
For even greater effect, the app could apply heuristics when selecting target contacts, preferring names such as ‘Dad’ and ‘Mom’, or contacts that have nicknames.
The best heuristic would probably be the contact that has messaged you {first|second|third} most frequently in the last week.
- mafagafogigante 9y agoThe malicious app may not have a way to get these statistics.
- mirkules 9y agoAn app could look in the "favorites" list to get the same info, which probably is available.
- djrogers 9y agoOn iOS at least, an app would have no way to determine that unless it was a callkit app that explained how to enable access to your sms history as well (they can’t request it - you have to go to settings and turn it on from what I’ve seen). That would be super suspicious and get extra scrutiny during app review.