I'm not disputing that there is some data collected about people that they never consented to <Random app> requires access to Contacts ... Meh <press OK> ...

I'm not disputing that there is some data collected about people that they never consented to <Random app> requires access to Contacts ... Meh <press OK> ... Now your entire phone/email book is out there. Your Mum and Dad's phone number is in the hands of several shysters along with all the other stuff you store in your Contacts. I wonder how many bank PINs encoded as part of fake phone numbers are out there along with other extra data? Its no accident that most Contact lists actively encourage gathering more data eg birthdays and much, much more. That's just your bloody phone book. >30 years ago I had a little black address book stuffed with lots of people's address and phone numbers (and a lot of happy memories). OK it also had my bank PIN but that was carefully disguised in a way more complicated to reconstruct than needed to memorise the actual digits. You would need to put me in dire danger to obtain that data - I still have the little book and Google does not (fuck 'em). Nowadays you only have to claim that your mapping app can't work without it.