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I really doubt that it was an intentional 'grab all your info' move, it is just a decision made at the time where engineers were reigning at Google and thought
by on_and_off 12y ago
I really doubt that it was an intentional 'grab all your info' move, it is just a decision made at the time where engineers were reigning at Google and thought that 'give the user a list of all the permissions required by the app' was a great solution.
It kinda work ... except that generations of users have learned to always click yes when there is a warning ..
Also, you sometimes have to ask for a permission like SMS, only because you will use it in a very specific case (in this example for SMS payments in that country where it is a popular form of payment).
Now that we have been rolling with this system for quite a while, it is very hard to change it.
Apple had a couple of issues as well, but mostly got it right from the start.
- josho 12y agoI think we know that it's intentional, because after all these years they haven't improved. Take for example, Apple. They've adopted a bunch of Android first innovations. So, what is stopping Google from adopting Apple's security model? Either they are building it and we should see it soon, or Google doesn't want users to be mindful of their privacy because it puts their own business at risk, so the status quo will remain until a forcing function occurs (eg. user revolt due to malware).
- on_and_off 12y agopermission, not security. Security is a broader issue by a very big margin. I am all for moving to Apple's model, but making this move while staying back-compatible is not trivial at all.