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I have to say reading the statement "requires some pretty aggressive permissions to work" sounds like there's a problem with Android permissions model. I mean,
by hackrmn 1y ago
I have to say reading the statement "requires some pretty aggressive permissions to work" sounds like there's a problem with Android permissions model. I mean, if the app needs permissions, one should normally assume it needs these permissions in order to, well, be permitted to do its work? In other words, a "good-natured" app should not need more permissions than it needs to work, and the last part is kind of a tautology. Either that, or Android has broken permissions model, which may apparently be too coarse -- as in you need "access to Internet" for auto-update to work, despite auto-update normally being done by Google (when a Google-forked Android) over a secure channel etc.
- ulrikrasmussen 1y agoI agree about the principle of least privilege, but the problem is that almost any accessibility app must basically be able to simulate user input to function, i.e. for a cursor app to actually provide a cursor, it must have the permission to activate any UI element on the screen. I trust Quick Cursor, but I shouldn't have to - since basically every smartphone now is too big to use with one hand without having to shuffle it around and risk dropping it, I think the cursor feature should be built into the OS.