> What was the permission dialog like, really? Does anyone have a source for this? There have been studies on Facebook's permission dialog and its lack of usab

> What was the permission dialog like, really? Does anyone have a source for this? There have been studies on Facebook's permission dialog and its lack of usability, and it's hard to escape the conclusion that it was deliberately designed to make it hard for users to understand. It has been improved several times over the years. For example http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.183.2159 http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.183.... (from 2010) which discusses how permissions dialogs are not designed in a way that allows users to easily understand permissions (using Facebook as one example) https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2078843 https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2078843 (from 2011) which found that Facebook users were unaware of the extent of 3rd party apps' data access even after viewing the permissions screen. https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/techftc/2015/05/usability-transparency-considerations-permission-based-access https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/techftc/2015/05/usabil... discusses usability concerns around permissions dialog boxes in general so it's been on peoples' radar for a while as an issue.