3 ms·
On iOS and now newer versions of Android you are able to individually grant and revoke permissions. What information are you expecting them to extract via the a
by oh_hello 8y ago
On iOS and now newer versions of Android you are able to individually grant and revoke permissions. What information are you expecting them to extract via the app that you can't block?
- Iolaum 8y agoMy phone uses android 8.1 API. I know about granular permissions but in practice this does not always work. For example the PlayMemories app from Sony - to use with Sony digital cameras - does not open at all (actually it opens to tell you to give the permission and doesn't do anything else) unless you give it location permissions. Why do I need to tell my location to an app whose use is to wirelessly grab the pictures from my camera to my phone?
- lozaning 8y agoBecause location can be ascertained from BLE and wifi scanning, Android classifies the use of those things as location services. So it's not exactly that Sony wants or is even asking for your location, it's Google telling you that if you give the sony app the BLE or wifi scanning functionality it wants, it would be possible for them to figure out where you're at. That warning means they could, and so google is telling you, not that they are.
- Jedi72 8y agoYou knkw an even easier way to block permissions? Dont download the app