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For what it's worth -- there are frameworks that allow EXTREMELY granular permission controls. This [0] => http://imgur.com/a/XVulF http://imgur.com/a/XVulF is
by h4waii 10y ago
For what it's worth -- there are frameworks that allow EXTREMELY granular permission controls. This [0] => http://imgur.com/a/XVulF http://imgur.com/a/XVulF is what happens when an app tries to access the clipboard and I haven't granted it.
There are steps people can take to maintain the "safety" of their information -- but not many do, instead they complain loudly and hope a first-party will give them the controls instead. This is basically never going to happen.
Using AOSP, CyanogenMod/LineageOS, CopperheadOS builds are one of the first steps. If you (not you, but persons) can't climb over that relatively low barrier, it's likely that they're going to be stuck at the level of complaining loudly until someone provides the equivalent of a pacifier -- something to quiesce, but not actually provide any real controls.
[0]. It's XPrivacy, and yes, it requires XPosed, which requires a modified system partition, which generally requires root, which most people won't give up mobile payments for. It all comes back to security vs convenience. There's always a choice, most people are picking the "wrong" one and complaining about it.
- piyush_soni 10y agoA little too condescending for my taste. No choice is wrong, and not everyone is technical enough to even think of rooting the phone and installing all those custom frameworks - and even if some people can, they may not find the need of it and it's perfectly fine. I rooted my first Android phone when the manufacturer decided not to upgrade my version to Jelly Bean, and tried almost all of the popular custom ROMs. All of them had their own special feature set, but all of them their limitations too. They were unstable, and had various random crashes. Overall, I was happy that I could stretch my old phone for longer and get those new features, but I also had to face embarrassment when my phone crashed in front of people or restarted in the middle of talking. When I got my Nexus 5, I just rooted it but stayed away from these custom ROMS. When I got my Nexus 6P, I didn't feel the need to root it. Let's accept it, most of the people are going to use the default settings, it does help to shout about your issues, and the first-parties do listen if you shout loud enough.
- darklajid 10y agoI'm off finding a suitable Android build for this company issued S6 Edge. Oh .. wait. In other words: Some devices are more equal than others, Android isn't a really open platform and your suggestion, while something I personally sympathize with, is impossible in general. :/