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They do, but they also want to be safe from being able to choose unexpectedly and doing this in a way that both protects the user and gives them choices is hard
by crop_rotation 2y ago
They do, but they also want to be safe from being able to choose unexpectedly and doing this in a way that both protects the user and gives them choices is hard. I also want mobile OSes to be flexible but they should always err on the side of caution given most of their users don't have time and energy to understand how to use such features safely and correctly.
- yunohn 2y agoCould you explain the security problem you foresee? The Gmail app already has received an email which has the OTP in it. Why can’t it provide that to your keyboard? What’s the vulnerability here?
- crop_rotation 2y agoI used to think similarly. However in the past 4-5 years I have observed closely my non tech family member's usage of smartphones and they frequently install totally random apps, they have no idea what their default browser/keyboard is at any moment or how to change it and who frequently receive apks on whatsapp and almost always click on it (only the android hurdle against apks protects them) so on. Sure it might be fine for gmail to write OTP but what about abcdmail, what about go pro SMS style apps. I think there is a fine balance here between flexibility and non tech user safety.