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It would be nice if there was also a "simulate" option for some permissions. That way the app would think it has a permission when it doesn't. It could return a

by keltex 13y ago

It would be nice if there was also a "simulate" option for some permissions. That way the app would think it has a permission when it doesn't. It could return an empty phonebook for contacts or random location for GPS or confirm a SMS was sent when it never went out, etc.

eigenvector 13y ago
That's exactly what Privacy Guard in CM does. https://plus.google.com/+CyanogenMod/posts/86LLXrDpVWY https://plus.google.com/+CyanogenMod/posts/86LLXrDpVWY
- derleth 13y ago
  Too bad CyanogenMod itself phones home to tell the developers about you.
  - SEMW 13y ago
    Of all the privacy intrusions you're subjected to, are you seriously making an issue out of optional, transparent, anonymized hardware reports, in a Free Software project, used to compile publicly available statistics[1] on what phones people use the software so the devs can better direct development effort? Really? [1] http://stats.cyanogenmod.org http://stats.cyanogenmod.org
    - derleth 13y ago
      I mentioned it because it's shocking that a Free Software project would be so disrespectful of user privacy. Oh, and it isn't opt-in. It's opt-out, until the developer changes his mind again: http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/04/03/cyanogenmod-will-no-longer-allow-opting-out-of-cm-stats-cyanogen-says-to-chill/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/04/03/cyanogenmod-will-no-...
  - yareally 13y ago
    Only if you opt into it. It's an option under settings. They also tell you what they're sending. If you're truly paranoid, just block Google Analytics in your host file. That's all they're using.
    - derleth 13y ago
      No, it's opt-out, unless the developer's changed his mind: http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/04/03/cyanogenmod-will-no-longer-allow-opting-out-of-cm-stats-cyanogen-says-to-chill/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/04/03/cyanogenmod-will-no-... And, if he does change his mind, it's more likely to be to remove the opt-out feature. People don't expect Free Software to phone home like common malware. It's shocking. That's why I mentioned it.
veeti 13y ago
The title of this post is misleading. App ops works exactly like that: it does not disable the permissions themselves but turns those API's into no-ops or returns dummy data from them. Aside from implementation bugs (like [1] which has killed my app completely) it should theoretically have no breaking effects on apps. [1] https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=58043 https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=58043
aray 13y ago
This was a research project at my university a while ago: http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/wms-jiang-tissa/ http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/wms-jiang-tissa/

by keltex 13y ago

eigenvector 13y ago

That's exactly what Privacy Guard in CM does. https://plus.google.com/+CyanogenMod/posts/86LLXrDpVWY https://plus.google.com/+CyanogenMod/posts/86LLXrDpVWY

derleth 13y ago
Too bad CyanogenMod itself phones home to tell the developers about you.
- SEMW 13y ago
  Of all the privacy intrusions you're subjected to, are you seriously making an issue out of optional, transparent, anonymized hardware reports, in a Free Software project, used to compile publicly available statistics[1] on what phones people use the software so the devs can better direct development effort? Really? [1] http://stats.cyanogenmod.org http://stats.cyanogenmod.org
  - derleth 13y ago
    I mentioned it because it's shocking that a Free Software project would be so disrespectful of user privacy. Oh, and it isn't opt-in. It's opt-out, until the developer changes his mind again: http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/04/03/cyanogenmod-will-no-longer-allow-opting-out-of-cm-stats-cyanogen-says-to-chill/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/04/03/cyanogenmod-will-no-...
- yareally 13y ago
  Only if you opt into it. It's an option under settings. They also tell you what they're sending. If you're truly paranoid, just block Google Analytics in your host file. That's all they're using.
  - derleth 13y ago
    No, it's opt-out, unless the developer's changed his mind: http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/04/03/cyanogenmod-will-no-longer-allow-opting-out-of-cm-stats-cyanogen-says-to-chill/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/04/03/cyanogenmod-will-no-... And, if he does change his mind, it's more likely to be to remove the opt-out feature. People don't expect Free Software to phone home like common malware. It's shocking. That's why I mentioned it.

veeti 13y ago

The title of this post is misleading. App ops works exactly like that: it does not disable the permissions themselves but turns those API's into no-ops or returns dummy data from them. Aside from implementation bugs (like [1] which has killed my app completely) it should theoretically have no breaking effects on apps. [1] https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=58043 https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=58043

aray 13y ago

This was a research project at my university a while ago: http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/wms-jiang-tissa/ http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/wms-jiang-tissa/