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If you publish an app you get a lot of negative feedback if you ask for permissions like those without clearly explaining why you need them. It's getting bette
by ZoFreX 11y ago
If you publish an app you get a lot of negative feedback if you ask for permissions like those without clearly explaining why you need them.
It's getting better, too: Android's new permission model is more granular, like iOS's.
- MichaelGG 11y agoWhich is still silly, because a malicious app will just come up with an innocuous reason why they need them. Oh, and one of the most invasive, the "Phone state", which includes unique IDs and called/calling numbers, is required by nearly everyone under the guise of "Needed to pause when phone call comes in". Which is either completely moronic (what, Android couldn't have a "getIsUserInCall" function) or just shows how busted it is.
- zurn 11y agoIt can help against infoleaks caused by third party advertising packages that app makers include. It's the same on the web, most web sites aren't exactly malicious, they're just (maybe willingly) oblivious about what badness is in their ads. But yep I garee it's all pretty busted.