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This sort of system never seems to work in practice. Very quickly you get to a point where every app asks for so many permissions it does not need. You end up
by nimrody 16y ago
This sort of system never seems to work in practice.
Very quickly you get to a point where every app asks for so many permissions it does not need. You end up just "clicking through" the installation without much thought.
Either developers are lazy or just want to be on the safe side.
Every Android app that I have downloaded requests network access (Even simple games do!), contacts access and tons of other capabilities. I suspect most users just learn to ignore these requests and blindly install the application...
- patio11 16y agoYou might also not want to murder your MAU by upgrading your app in such a way that your permissions would broaden, causing every user to get BIG SCARY WARNING CLICK TO DENY. Incidentally, we are seeing -- again -- that people's beliefs about how much they value privacy ("Privacy is important to me: 9 out of 10.") contrast sharply with their actions ("I will give you my email password for a chocolate bar, hehe, sure.").