Does the VKontakte app for Android have access to my contacts on my phone?

Question

Android

It all started with a letter to the post office, like a possible friend of yours was found ..., apparently, he was found by the phone number in my book.
I started to google this one, look at the permissions, and found the access to contacts item in the permissions ...
It turns out that the application copies the list of my contacts to the server, and then compares it with the numbers already available in its database, do I understand everything correctly?

Answer 1

And don't you look at what permissions are required for the application?
App permissions: In-app purchases
In-app
purchases
Identity
Use of device accounts and profile data
Contacts
Access to contact information
Location
Use of location data from the device
SMS
Send SMS and MMS (fees may apply)
Photos/media/files
Use of files on the device (photos) , video, audio) and external storage
Camera
Access device cameras
Microphone
Access device microphones Device
ID and call data
Determination of phone number and device IDs, call activity status and connected phone number By the
way, what specific application are you talking about?

Answer 2

Of course, it is possible, neither you nor I know what is happening on their backend.