In defense of other platforms, apps can't read your text messages, email, etc. Sure, there are ways to do it using private APIs, etc, but if you get caught, yo

In defense of other platforms, apps can't read your text messages, email, etc. Sure, there are ways to do it using private APIs, etc, but if you get caught, you get removed. Android is wide open, and knowing that it's trivial for someone to write an app which reads my email/SMS is scary. That said, the iOS SDK certainly lets a developer read my address book without informing me. You'd think Apple would put something up, like a permissions screen or at least something to let me know this is happening.