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Its not about the technical reason, it's about optics. You pre-approve system apps location access during iOS first setup, but you do not for camera access.
by jorvi 6y ago
Its not about the technical reason, it's about optics.
You pre-approve system apps location access during iOS first setup, but you do not for camera access.
Basically, all privacy toggles should be opt-in, not opt-out, even for system apps, even though Apple could easily bypass that for their own apps.
- Grustaf 6y agoWhy? People explicitly trust Apple with their most sensitive data. Asking for permission for specific apps makes no sense. I don’t personally care about “level playing fields” but even if I did, I wouldn’t expect or want it to include the first party.
- asaddhamani 5y agoOn Android I’ve seen even Google apps ask for camera permissions, I’m making a choice about whether I want this specific app to have access to my camera, whether it comes from Apple or any other developer doesn’t matter. I should be able to disable the camera access for any app including the built-in camera app.
- Grustaf 5y agoWhy would you want to disable camera access for the camera app? Something tells me that is not very common.
- 0x0 5y agoI think what many of us want and expect is a bullet proof permission system for the app store that doesn't contain surprises, gotchas, and magic entitlements that are ripe for exploitation (see for example PsychicPaper)