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both Bluetooth and wifi need the be more locked down imo wifi should require a whitelist of sites an app can access by default. any app that has WiFi access sh
by gfxgirl 7y ago
both Bluetooth and wifi need the be more locked down imo
wifi should require a whitelist of sites an app can access by default. any app that has WiFi access should not be allowed the scan my network for vulnerable devices etc.
same for Bluetooth. most apps dont need this at all for anything legit. those few that do should default to some whitelist of devices they are allowed to access
Apple/Google/Microsoft should be working to make this happen
- scarface74 7y agoReally? That would be a major pain if you had to whitelist sites that an app could access. Besides, that would be easy to get around. If you only allowed Foo app to access Foo.com, there is nothing stopping the app maker from proxying to other sites from the backend.
- gfxgirl 7y agoThere is something stopping them, cost. I doubt most apps want to pay for me watching videos that they spawn in an embedded webview so they could spy on my activity. What's the pain? Why does every app need access to all of the internet. I know of no apps I use that need that access accept my browsers and I'm fine if Apple/Google/Microsoft added a new permission (a) no internet access (b) access only these sites (c) full access I'd only give my browsers full access. You'd be free to give all your apps full access.