I just checked on iPhone (Settings-Privacy-Contacts): Threema, Google Voice, Hangouts, WhatsApp, Telegram. Google Voice and Hangouts have my contacts anyway sin

I just checked on iPhone (Settings-Privacy-Contacts): Threema, Google Voice, Hangouts, WhatsApp, Telegram. Google Voice and Hangouts have my contacts anyway since I'm on gmail. There is a few other apps where I denied contacts access, like Uber, Skype, Twitter. There isn't really much more here. So for me that's a non-story. While I agree that access to contacts should be read-only, and write access should be a special permission, for me it appears to be not a problem. While I have a few other apps installed, most didn't ask for contacts permission (i.e. all games), and from those that did ask, I denied in some cases where it didn't make much sense (why should twitter access my contacts? to find my friends on twitter? I don't need that.) I actually like the way iOS handling the permissions. The privacy overview in the settings is very easy to understand and maintain. Permissions are only asked once when access to them is actually required in that moment (like when you tap on "take photo" in some app). Permission is not asked for while the app is launching (aside of push notifications and location). So on iOS usually what happens is this: - I install some app, lets say WhatsApp - I launch it, it asks for push notifications and contacts permission - i use the app - if i dont share my location, i'll never get asked for the permission to GPS - if i use "send photo" - it will ask for access to photos, but not to the camera - sometimes, months or years after usage, it will ask me for a permission, i.e. microphone, because I have never used that feature before and only now want to use it - etc.