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No, permissions were done in a substantially more granular way on iOS from the beginning of permissions. Contacts, photos, location, notifications all with thei
by tehwebguy 9y ago
No, permissions were done in a substantially more granular way on iOS from the beginning of permissions. Contacts, photos, location, notifications all with their own permission request API to be fired at will.
Android started off with a blanket permission screen required to even install an app — all or nothing.
- dannysu 9y agohttp://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/02/01/path-ftc-settlement/ http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/02/01/path-ftc-settlement/ I think Apple didn't always have that. There was the Path scandal and outcry that caused Apple to introduce better privacy options.
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- adrianmonk 9y agoI don't think granular is the right word here. Android defines something like 150 permissions, so granularity is there. The issue is (in old versions of Android) you cannot be selective about which ones you grant. The relevance is that when it comes to transparency, the big dialog of all permissions can disclose a fair amount of detail to the user about exactly what they're being asked to allow.
- untog 9y agoiOS isn't more granular, it just defers permission requests to the app rather than the app store. In proper practice that app then only asks for permissions when the user is performing an action that requires them, which at least helps the user to understand why they are being asked. Android has now shifted to this model too, but as always, old versions of Android persist.