I used to install apps the way most people do: search, tap, accept whatever permissions pop up, start using it. Then one day I watched a flashlight app request access to my contacts and location, and I finally asked the obvious question — why does a flashlight need to know who my friends are? Since then, every app goes through the same five-minute check before it touches my phone or laptop. It has saved me from at least a dozen bad installs, and it’s simple enough that I actually stick to it. Minute one: who actually makes this? I look…