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Does the permission model even work at this point? The vast majority of users just accept whatever the app asks for without a second thought. The rest is bullie
by cptaj 8y ago
Does the permission model even work at this point? The vast majority of users just accept whatever the app asks for without a second thought. The rest is bullied by platform monopolies.
There is very little real choice for users.
- viraptor 8y agoThere may be few real alternatives. But this is a choice: You're getting the information, you're making a choice to use all features, use limited features, or just drop the app.
- ehsankia 8y agoAnd you have explicit control and granular control, even if 99% of the people won't ever use it. Before, if you didn't want Facebook accessing your Microphone, the only option was to not use the app at all. Now, I can specifically disable that option.
- tokyodude 8y agoFacebook may just make the app not run unless you give it mic permission. Of course you don't have to run it. I have seen apps that explicitly refuse to run unless you give them the permissions they want on iOS even though they shouldn't need them for 99% of their functionality.
- dullgiulio 8y agoWouldn't such a behaviour be against GDPR? Probably not because of technicalities, but then I would hope the EU to make yet another piece of legislation to address this.
- realusername 8y agoThat's where Google/Apple should step in and ban those apps from the store.
- izacus 8y agoOf course it works, why wouldn't it? If you want a crippled device that never lets anything access to data, you can always buy a dumbphone.