> I'm confused by this example. Isn't this exactly the purpose of MightyText, the app he installed?
Blog post author here. The purpose of MightyText (as far as I understand it anyway) is to allow me to use SMS through my computer at greater ease. I accept that in order to do that, technically I need to allow the app to access my Android SMS, contacts etc and "act on my behalf" to deliver messages.
I trust the program not to abuse this access I give it. I do not expect it to use this information to spy on me, even if this spying is merely for marketing purposes or to encourage me to use their program more. I think that's the creepy part.