> All this really is showing is that Apple should've made iOS from the beginning ask the user for permission before allowing an app to access the address book.

> All this really is showing is that Apple should've made iOS from the beginning ask the user for permission before allowing an app to access the address book. After iOS 6, this app won't do anything. Agreed. Re: the rest, well, it depends on who controls the remote server. The action itself might not be so worrisome, but what the action enables could be, IMO.