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Isn't there an app that restricts these permissions? I believe your phone has to be rooted for it to work though.
by Nicholas_C 12y ago
Isn't there an app that restricts these permissions? I believe your phone has to be rooted for it to work though.
- leeoniya 12y agoXPrivacy: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=biz.bokhorst.xprivacy.installer&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=biz.bokhorst.x... App Ops: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=droidmate.appopsinstaller&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=droidmate.appo... Also, if your phone isn't rooted, is it really yours?
- MichaelGG 12y agoYeah, but I have a Huawei Mate 2, which, last I looked, had some really obscure rooting instructions. Most steps consisted "download this random exe and give it admin permissions". Plus you have to email Huawei and ask nicely for the bootloader unlock code. And, rooting doesn't help the majority of users. Whereas protection from spying would. But Google, perhaps accidentally, seems intent on making permissions less visible and has no problem with devs requesting every permission. And since so many major apps do this, users have no effective recourse. MS and Apple got this one so much more right.
- pjmlp 12y agoAnd Nokia before them with Symbian security.