That's exactly what I thought. Especially, too, since you cannot do this on iOS with public API's (and I assume even with private, but I could be wrong). Even

That's exactly what I thought. Especially, too, since you cannot do this on iOS with public API's (and I assume even with private, but I could be wrong). Even if you did find a loophole, Apple wouldn't allow it, and they'd close it. And even on Android, don't you have to enable an app's access to your SMS messages? This article had no details. It was way too short for the accusations made.