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I mean, the permissions do have reasonable explanations - using your contact list to 'find friends'- for instance, or writing to your call log because they're
by batiudrami 13y ago
I mean, the permissions do have reasonable explanations - using your contact list to 'find friends'- for instance, or writing to your call log because they're integrating VoIP calling (I assume). The wording is just a generic Android permission explanation and comes with any app which requests that permission. If you really can't cope with it, there are apps like Tinfoil which allow you to still use facebook without that added functionality and permission requirement.
A good improvement for Android would be the ability to only request permission when it's required for some key permissions (the way iOS does with contacts (I think)). Enable SMS integration in messages? Android pops up a thing saying 'Facebook wants to be able to read your SMS and MMS messages. Cool?'. UAC for Android.
- Inversechi 13y agoYou can block such permissions in CyanogenMod based roms via their 'Privacy Guard' feature. And I am sure there are other solutions but most likely would require a rooted device. I think such functionality as you described should be included into Android as standard allowing the user to grant permissions to confidential information.
- blueskin_ 13y agoPrivacy Guard is too limited. It's better than nothing, but doesn't block enough intrusive requests. Try XPrivacy instead.