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> There is nothing that actually prevents an installed app from collecting all your data. Uhm, false? Unless by "all your data" refers to "what you do in the a
by bandergirl 3y ago
> There is nothing that actually prevents an installed app from collecting all your data.
Uhm, false? Unless by "all your data" refers to "what you do in the app" + IP address + phone model, on the iPhone nothing else is accessible by default. All that info is also available to any website you visit, so PWAs are not special in this regard.
- jqpabc123 3y agoThe easiest way for a bad actor to get access to personal data on iPhone or Android is to simply ask for it --- create a junk installed app with some quasi-plausible excuse for requesting it. There is no restriction on what can be done with the data once the request is granted. PWAs don't have this problem.
- jkubicek 3y agoGranting a random app access to all your private data after they request access is very different than "There is nothing that actually prevents an installed app from collecting all your data."
- bandergirl 3y ago> PWAs don't have this problem. I think the only sensitive APIs not available in the browser are calendar and photo gallery access, but PWAs have otherwise access to Contacts, GeoLocation, Cameras, Microphone, Clipboard, and even the FileSystem. Maybe Android apps do suffer from the problem you’re describing, since permissions are granted lumped together at install time, but on iOS all permissions are optional just like in the browser.