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This is truly a big deal, and also effects Android. The system of "privacy checking" doesn't work when the consumer has almost zero information about how they w
by taurath 11y ago
This is truly a big deal, and also effects Android. The system of "privacy checking" doesn't work when the consumer has almost zero information about how they will actually use the information. Its a binary "give access to everything" or "you can't use this app" which creates an arms race. App updates can then ask for more and more permissions. More importantly, even a misclick can easily give access rights away to your entire email inbox, phone contacts, call history or any other information you might consider private.
- chii 11y agoThe way to fix it is for Google to let you change what data appears to an app after the fact. The app asking for permission will never get denied. They'd get fake data if the user didn't give permission.