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It's wild to me that "internet access" is not revokable or even displayed in the Play Store in stock Android. It's such a huge security and privacy concern, ev
by Groxx 4mo ago
It's wild to me that "internet access" is not revokable or even displayed in the Play Store in stock Android. It's such a huge security and privacy concern, even if most apps semi-legitimately need it.
Or, it would be wild, if it weren't fairly obvious that this is just Google protecting their mobile ad revenue.
- AndriyKunitsyn 4mo agoThere's basically zero apps without some sort of analytics nowadays.
- ncallaway 4mo agoThat's fine. The OS should still let me turn off all outbound network connections for an app. Apps that are solely relying on analytics still tend to function when the analytics are unreachable.
- Groxx 4mo agoMore than half of the ones I have installed have no internet access. Most because they don't have the permission (thanks, F-Droid!) and the rest because I've rejected that permission (thanks, GrapheneOS!)
- lucb1e 4mo agoNot in all app repositories. This isn't so common among open source software as it is in the commercial/adware ones you find very prominently in Google's curated collection
- MiddleEndian 4mo agoSounds like a concern for app devs but something that shouldn't be a concern for users (because they should be able to turn it off)
- subscribed 4mo agoWell, Google is the advertisement company.