Tech Tips: Is someone spying on your contact list? This setting will let you know immediately..

Smartphone Tricks: You can find out in a jiffy who has an eye on your contact list. Know what this trick is.

Access to the contact list
When you download an app on Play Store on your smartphone, many times you knowingly or unknowingly give access to the contact list.

You will find out in a jiffy.
You can find out in a jiffy which app has an eye on your contact list. Android users go to Settings.

Tap on Apps and notifications.
Tap on Apps and notifications. Tap on See all apps or Application Manager.

Go to App Permission
Find and tap App permissions. In some phones, it may be under Advanced.

The full list will be visible.
Here you will see a list of all the apps that have been permitted to access your contacts. You can turn the permission on or off by turning the toggle switch on or off in front of each app.

iPhone users can check this
Open the iPhone User Settings app. Scroll down and tap Privacy. Tap Contacts.

List of apps
Here you will see a list of all the apps that have requested access to your contacts list.

Use the toggle switch.
You can turn permissions on or off by using the toggle switch next to each app.

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