WHY ARE APPS ASKING PERSONAL DATA ACCESS PERMISSION TO GET IT INSTALLED ON MY SAMSUNG S3?

Question

DEAR

PLS HELLP ME AS I WANTED TO INSTALL APPS LIKE ANTIVIRUS AVAST AND SOME GOOD APPS IKE "LIVE IT" WHATS UP" ETC , BUT WHILE I CLICK ON INSTALL I GET POP UP WINDOWM ON MY SAMSUNG S3 LIKE BELOW

This app has access to these permissions:

☻Your accounts
find accounts on the device
use accounts on the device

☻Your messages
read your text messages (SMS or MMS)
edit your text messages (SMS or MMS)
receive text messages (SMS)
receive text messages (MMS)
send SMS messages

☻Network communication
full network access
view network connections
receive data from Internet
view Wi-Fi connections

☻Phone calls
read phone status and identity
directly call phone numbers
reroute outgoing calls
modify phone status

☻Storage
modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Your applications information
close other apps
run at startup
retrieve running apps

☻Bookmarks and History
read your Web bookmarks and history
Your social information
read your contacts
modify your contacts
read call log
write call log

☻Development tools
read sensitive log data
retrieve system internal status

☻System tools
modify system settings
measure app storage space
test access to protected storage

☻Affects battery
prevent device from sleeping
control vibration

SHALL I ACCEPT THIS AND INSTALL , BUT I FEEL I AM GIVING ALL MY DETAILS LIKE BANK ACCOUNT DETALS MESSAGES DETAILA CONTACT ETC USB STORAGE MEMORY CARD ....HOW IT WORKS

Answer 1

It is normal for anti-virus apps to do this as they will go through everything to prevent viruses but just as well it could be. Just as long as its a trusted app like Norton stuff like that.

Answer 2

Antivirus programs ask to do this because when you scan your phone, it will have to scan all of these areas. But it has to ask you first for permission, because this is your personal data.

Answer 3

Every permission has a reason. if you use well established apps, you need not fear about anything.