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At some point, the experience becomes an endless pile of permissions dialogs. We already see this and see complaints about it. I think this article is a bit al
by ogre_codes 6y ago
At some point, the experience becomes an endless pile of permissions dialogs. We already see this and see complaints about it.
I think this article is a bit alarmist and overstates the issue. So long as much of this data is limited to foreground apps and background activities are strictly limited, the issue is not nearly as bad as they suggest and as I mentioned previously, I find it unlikely some of the specific abuses they mention are even likely to happen.
- Nursie 6y ago> At some point, the experience becomes an endless pile of permissions dialogs. Surely just one set at install of the app? My coffee loyalty app wants access to my contacts and a bunch of sensors? Nope. I got the impression the article was about a product that alreadh exists!
- sthnblllII 6y agoNo, I think Apple needs to start auditing apps and deciding for users if these permissions are reasonable and banning apps that use sensor data maliciously like this. People choose Apple products because they want apple to make these reasonable privacy choices on their behalf.
- diebeforei485 6y agoAt install is really not an ideal experience for most apps, unless the feature is crucial to the functioning of the app (eg. camera access for a camera app). The right time to ask for permission is when it's used. For example in iOS 14, Signal asks permission to access devices on my local network to sync over Wi-Fi at first launch. I don't want sync over Wi-Fi, so I said no, but many people might just say yes in order to start using the app.