[McPepper]

Access and hijacks are two different terms, one implies to use and the other implies to sell customer data. What the article says that the app accesses contacts for a future 'find your friend' feature.

What really bothers me is when the author says ' it’s possible Sarahah has harvested hundreds of millions of names, phone numbers, and email addresses ". I believe I remember Snapchat and other social media apps done before.

What Sarahah should have done is to communicate with their users about what their data and how they plan their security (being an anonymous messaging platform). But, let's not forget how Snapchat dealt with their security and data at its rise.