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> The prime example is that apple gives apps unfettered access to network connections. (…) You cannot even find out what apps are doing. Settings -> Privacy &
by Aaargh20318 4y ago
> The prime example is that apple gives apps unfettered access to network connections. (…) You cannot even find out what apps are doing.
Settings -> Privacy & Security -> App Privacy Report
It shows you per application what data they are accessing, which sensors they are accessing and which domains the app is contacting. It also reports when they were doing this and how often. You can even export this data as a JSON file.
- ScoobleDoodle 4y agoApparently first one has to turn it on to start gathering the usage data. I just turned it on and it started with no data. So I’ll see how it work’s going forward. Thank you for sharing.
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- cryotopippto 4y agoOnly took them iOS 15.2 for this.
- CrampusDestrus 4y agoThat's moving the goalpost though
- eviks 4y agoWhy did you move them to only include a subset of devices?
- CrampusDestrus 4y agowhat?
- Nition 4y agoWorth noting maybe that although iOS 15 came out only in 2021, support for iOS 15 goes back to the iPhone 6S from 2015. Not very many people actively using iPhones older than that today.
- Razengan 4y agoHow long did it take for Android to have finely grained permissions?
- vetinari 4y agoSince start. Originally, they were too fine-grained though.
- Razengan 4y agohttps://www.howtogeek.com/177711/ios-has-app-permissions-too-and-theyre-arguably-better-than-androids/ https://www.howtogeek.com/177711/ios-has-app-permissions-too... (2013) https://source.android.com/docs/core/permissions/runtime_perms https://source.android.com/docs/core/permissions/runtime_per... Man the amount of false shit that gets thrown around by these Android vs iOS mobs, usually by people who don't even know their own side.
- vetinari 4y agoI don't understand your comment. The original poster asked about _fine-grained permissions_. Not about _runtime permissions_. Details matter. Android did have very fine-grained permissions since first betas. Yes, they were install-time - a policy was generated at install time by the system, and the app itself was unable to change anything about it. Technically, it was a nice system, but users didn't understand that, they were asking for simplified model from iOS, so they got it in Android's 6.0 _runtime permissions_. In the end, neither of these system (or: original Android did have it, but the simplified 6.0+ doesn't) has the most important permission: can an app talk to the network?
- Aaargh20318 4y ago> Android did have very fine-grained permissions since first betas. Yes, they were install-time They weren’t really that fine-grained from a user perspective. You could not accept/refuse individual permissions, you either accepted everything or simply not install the app. iOS always had fine-grained permission in that you could grant/refuse individual permissions. For example: you could allow an app to access the camera but refuse location services. Android only recently gained that capability. Even more important, iOS always put the permission request in context. If I install an app and it asks for a ton of permissions I have no idea why it needs them and if it makes sense for that app to have them. Why would a chat client need access to my photos ? But on iOS, I get that request the first time I choose to send a photo to someone. I immediately see by the context why it needs that permission and I can make an informed decision.
- YeBanKo 4y agoApp Privacy Report lets you know if an app might have leaked your data, firewall can help you make sure it does not happen. Two different purposes.
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