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Originally Posted by Faterson
jbjb -- no problem, I was simply taking issue with Jack's slamming an Android feature that is, in fact, a very praiseworthy feature. I am, myself, fine with how these things are treated by both Android and iOS; I'm not a "privacy control" fanatic.  |
Actually, Android's "feature" is pretty useless in practice. What if you want to use an app, but don't want to give it access to your contacts or your location? You have no real choice with Android to restrict an app; it's all or nothing. That's incredibly lame, in my opinion. With iOS, when an app wants to access something "sensitive," it requests permission. You can then choose to grant or deny permission. As long as that "sensitive" data isn't crucial to the app's functions, the app will still work. That granular control over an app's access to your "sensitive" data is far more useful than simply listing at the time of installation all the permissions an app requires and then only having a binary choice of install or cancel if you want or don't want to give the app access to everything.
I fail to see how this Android feature is praiseworthy. Most people probably don't even pay attention to the list of permissions shown at the time of installation. At least in iOS you are forced into making an active decision for each and every permission requested, putting power back into the hands of the user.