> It would have been awesome if you could disallow certain permissions, but still install the app, in which case the app would simply not receive your location,

> It would have been awesome if you could disallow certain permissions, but still install the app, in which case the app would simply not receive your location, or it would receive a blank contacts list and so on. There's an activity to manage apps permissions, although it's not exposed and a little bit funky [1]. There's an app on the play store whose sole purpose is to launch the activity [2]. [1] http://googlesystem.blogspot.ca/2013/08/app-ops-androids-hidden-permission.html http://googlesystem.blogspot.ca/2013/08/app-ops-androids-hid... [2] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.schurich.android.tools.appopsstarter https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.schurich.a...