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That hasn't been the case since android 6 (they're on android 8 now). That picture looks like this now: https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/xi

That hasn't been the case since android 6 (they're on android 8 now). That picture looks like this now: https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ximg_56130fa9b9c43.png.pagespeed.ic.kgfcXLkaa6.png https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ximg_56... It works just the same as iOS, where the first time an app wants to use your location/etc it asks android, which shows a prompt: https://uit.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/images/2016/08/30/access_location.jpg https://uit.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/images/2016/08/... And can be revoked as well: https://img.gadgethacks.com/img/81/78/63633813117897/0/snapchat-101-turn-ghost-mode-for-snap-map-keep-your-location-private.w1456.jpg https://img.gadgethacks.com/img/81/78/63633813117897/0/snapc...

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lvillani 9y ago
iOS is different in a subtle way: once you grant an application permission to use location/microphone, it will show a banner if a background app is using it. Once you grant e.g. permission to access the microphone to an Android app, it can do so at any time without you noticing. Until you manually go to the settings and revoke the permission, that is.
- tinus_hn 9y ago
  This happens only if the permission is for ‘while using the app’. This permission means that part of the app needs to be visible on screen and if it’s not, the banner will show. If you change the permission to ‘always’ the banner won’t show.
  - lvillani 9y ago
    That only applies for location access. Even then, you'll see an arrow in the status bar and there's a page in the settings that lets you see which applications are actually accessing your location in the background, and how often. Mic recording, on the other hand, is always user-initiated and very explicit.
newscracker 9y ago
I've heard right here on HN that even in the newer versions of Android, some (prominent?) apps don't work well if you don't grant them the unnecessary (from the user's point of view) permissions. I haven't seen something like that on iOS so far. With the pace of Android adoption, the new permission model isn't even present on half the devices that have been tracked on the Android Dashboard. [1] Versions 6 and 7 combined are at 48% adoption as of this moment, according to this dashboard. On the iOS side, the granular permissions model has been around since the last seven years or longer, IIRC. And iOS devices have a much higher rate of new OS adoption, which means almost every iOS device currently in use has the same permission model for a lot longer. [1]: https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html#Platform https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html#Pl...

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lvillani 9y ago

iOS is different in a subtle way: once you grant an application permission to use location/microphone, it will show a banner if a background app is using it. Once you grant e.g. permission to access the microphone to an Android app, it can do so at any time without you noticing. Until you manually go to the settings and revoke the permission, that is.

tinus_hn 9y ago
This happens only if the permission is for ‘while using the app’. This permission means that part of the app needs to be visible on screen and if it’s not, the banner will show. If you change the permission to ‘always’ the banner won’t show.
- lvillani 9y ago
  That only applies for location access. Even then, you'll see an arrow in the status bar and there's a page in the settings that lets you see which applications are actually accessing your location in the background, and how often. Mic recording, on the other hand, is always user-initiated and very explicit.

newscracker 9y ago

I've heard right here on HN that even in the newer versions of Android, some (prominent?) apps don't work well if you don't grant them the unnecessary (from the user's point of view) permissions. I haven't seen something like that on iOS so far. With the pace of Android adoption, the new permission model isn't even present on half the devices that have been tracked on the Android Dashboard. [1] Versions 6 and 7 combined are at 48% adoption as of this moment, according to this dashboard. On the iOS side, the granular permissions model has been around since the last seven years or longer, IIRC. And iOS devices have a much higher rate of new OS adoption, which means almost every iOS device currently in use has the same permission model for a lot longer. [1]: https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html#Platform https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html#Pl...