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The main line of defense is the permissions system. If an app wants to access the user's camera, contacts, etc, it needs to come up with a good excuse for why o
by Ajedi32 9y ago
The main line of defense is the permissions system. If an app wants to access the user's camera, contacts, etc, it needs to come up with a good excuse for why or risk the user just tapping "deny". This seriously limits the damage a malicious app can do.
Aside from making the permissions system even _more_ fine-grained, I don't know how you'd make the situation much better than it already is.
- saagarjha 9y ago> If an app wants to access the user's camera, contacts, etc, it needs to come up with a good excuse for why or risk the user just tapping "deny". This isn't how many users use apps. For them any of these prompts are getting in the way of using the app, so they tap the button that would let them use the app quicker, without reading what the message said.
- Ajedi32 9y ago"Deny" will (usually) let you use the app just as quickly as "Accept". Permissions on iOS and Android are just-in-time and optional.
- saagarjha 9y agoHow exactly does tapping "Deny" on Snapchat's request to access the camera let you use the app?
- Ajedi32 9y agoThat'd be silly, since it's obvious why Snapchat would want camera access. If you don't want to grant it access to your camera though, you _should_ be able to click "Deny" and still use the app to read messages.
- ecnahc515 9y agoPresumably you can still view things sent to you and look at the sponsored Snapchat stories.