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> for which the app suppliers want: my location and access to my microphone, camera and contacts - and the app won't install or run if you start denying access
by jhgb 5y ago
> for which the app suppliers want: my location and access to my microphone, camera and contacts - and the app won't install or run if you start denying access
Could these things be virtualized? And provide a fixed location, silent sound, and an empty contact list to whatever applications you don't trust?
- krageon 5y agoYes, if you run an android version with root there are frameworks for doing this. That said, some apps detect when things are too static and won't necessarily work even with these workarounds.
- jhgb 5y agoOh, fake data generators it is, then.
- xmprt 5y agoThis should be built into the operating system. Didn't Android (or maybe it was iOS) add a feature recently where you can set your camera to be a black screen unless you explicitly give permission to the app even if you gave permission to the app earlier?
- krageon 5y ago> This should be built into the operating system I agree, but I doubt it will happen. It was already a battle to get the permissions in android as fine-grained as they are. Even though they are fine-grained now, the permissions don't mean anything when every app demands that you give it everything it asks for (even though it clearly does not need them to work).