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Companies need to take a new approach to the permissions they request - especially on Android where these are explicitly shown to the user. Often there are inno

by Guyag 11y ago

Companies need to take a new approach to the permissions they request - especially on Android where these are explicitly shown to the user. Often there are innocuous purposes behind them, but it's rarely immediately clear and results in people jumping to conclusions. Companies should be more explicit as to the reasons they request permissions.

ProblemFactory 11y ago
The good news is that from Android 6.0, permissions will be more dynamic: https://developer.android.com/preview/features/runtime-permissions.html https://developer.android.com/preview/features/runtime-permi... Apps can ask for permissions only if/when they are actually needed for a niche feature, and the user can reject or revoke each permission individually.