Why does Mail.Ru Agent (Android) need my SMS?!

Question

Android

Now the market asks me if I intend to confirm the increase in the Agent's powers when updating the version:

Read SMS/MMS

Read what has changed:

What's in this version:
3.4.1143
- New smileys pack;
— Bug fixes.
3.4.1084
- Bug fixes.
3.4.1067
- Bug fixes.

BUG FIXES and SMILES!

Why does Mail.Ru Agent (Android) need my SMS?!

Answer 1

If my memory serves me right, the application has functionality for linking the phone to the account. A request is sent to the server and you receive an SMS with a confirmation code. So, so that you do not enter the code manually, it is parsed from SMS. For this, these rights are required.