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Clearly there are benefits to these apps, but the concern was about exploiting the user. Presumably, the chief concerns are tracking and security. For instanc
by WorldWideWayne 12y ago
Clearly there are benefits to these apps, but the concern was about exploiting the user.
Presumably, the chief concerns are tracking and security. For instance, why does DropBox need to access my entire contact list just to backup my photos? Some people don't even think about it, others don't care but some do.
- calbear81 12y agoDoes Dropbox ask for that? On my phone, I don't have to give DropBox access to my contact list to use it. I think one of the challenges is that a lot of what an app maker wants to do is not known yet but they want to mine the user data to identify patterns that might help them decide on what features to build next or provide insight on how they should improve their app. Given this, they err on the side of asking for more data vs. less. On a mobile device, this definitely feels much more invasive given that our phones are basically "tied at the hip" when compared to classic web tracking techniques.