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Marshmallow is much better about this. You can actually control what apps can read, what they can write, etc. I wish it prompted you during the installation of
by CaptSpify 11y ago
Marshmallow is much better about this. You can actually control what apps can read, what they can write, etc. I wish it prompted you during the installation of the app, but it's getting better.
- magicalist 11y agoYeah, for those that don't know, you can go into Settings -> Apps -> pick an app -> Permissions and disable them at will. I believe only apps compiled against a Marshmallow SDK version will prompt you at runtime, and there's little (or even negative) incentive for app developers to do that yet.
- dudus 11y agoThere's a great incentive on automatic updates. If you updated an app pre marshmallow with an extra permission it required the user to approve the update and that ultimately creates a problem with a large user base stuck on older versions. Maybe for new apps there's less incentive to reduce access, I can't think about any other than compliance and user scrutinity. It's easy to spot bad reviews complaining about excessive permissions for some apps.
- taneq 11y agoDoes this mean they brought back PrivacyGuard? That was the main reason I switched to Cyanogen - to be able to use apps without giving in to their often ridiculous demands for access to my personal information.
- CaptSpify 11y agoyup! There's other reasons I use CyanogenMod, but PrivacyGuard is on of the biggest
- ionised 11y agoI unfortunately bought Samsung Galaxy S6 to replace my broken HTC One, without realising that a CyangogenMod simply does not exist for it :( There is a dev version on XDA, but it's not fit for daily use as the mic and calls and camera don't work properly.