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Yes. There's so many apps that want to manage my SMSes just so they can authorise. It's a nice and convenient feature, but they only need to authorise once. Why
by squiggleblaz 9y ago
Yes. There's so many apps that want to manage my SMSes just so they can authorise. It's a nice and convenient feature, but they only need to authorise once. Why should they have permission to manage my SMSes for days and weeks and years afterwards? Short-term permission would be nice, and should be the default. If the app needs the permission for a second session, then it should potentially receive it permanently.
- nazark 9y agoThere is API specifically for that - https://developer.android.com/reference/android/telephony/SmsManager.html#createAppSpecificSmsToken(android.app.PendingIntent) https://developer.android.com/reference/android/telephony/Sm...
- itp 9y agoI'm torn about this. Every time an app has used this API, it's been a delight. And yet I hesitate to encourage more people to use SMS as auth!
- srinathrajaram 9y agoThis is available only on Android O and the adoption is not encouraging. Hopefully, P will have a much better uptake.