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Or even as a a service fake data - feed fake location data and fake contact list. Full of 202-555-1234 type numbers. I always put fake data into web forms and i
by lanstin 6y ago
Or even as a a service fake data - feed fake location data and fake contact list. Full of 202-555-1234 type numbers. I always put fake data into web forms and it is a sign that I don’t truly own the phone that I can’t do the same for local software.
- lanstin 6y agoLike I want a pop up: this application is requesting your location data. Shall we give the real data, no data, or simulated data. Same for contacts, photos, apps installed, etc.? Not saying that would solve all the problems but it would be user centric in a way the privacy conversation just isn’t.
- simonh 6y agoGiving fake location data could create real problems. Suppose you do this then forget. If it’s a safety or navigation app, you tell the phone to give it fake data, then you forget and maybe use the app much later. Now you’re using a service that thinks you’re in a different location. One of the examples given here was an app that gives you safety alerts. A navigation app might give you useless directions. There are a thousand ways this could go horribly wrong. I suppose iOS could present some warning, but that might interfere with the UI, or be misunderstood.
- Viliam1234 6y ago> Shall we give the real data, no data, or simulated data. Or even a selected subset of real+fake data. (With the ability to define sets that could be reused across application.) Sometimes I want the app to have access to some of my contacts, but not all of them. For example, my work contacts but not my personal friends, or vice versa. Or simply "my contacts that told me they were also using this app". PLUS hundred fake contacts to poison the data.