In any case, the app would probably say "Oh, I can't have camera? Well you can't have app."
And it's not like you weren't warned on the page with "37 permissions".
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/10/android-6-0-marshmall...
And before anyone claims location services are necessary to find the user and stop ddos attacks - I've ordered uber before for people in other parts of town, and I'm a signed in user with a track record of making payments.
I don't know if this is enforced by Apple's review process or whether it's an emergent custom.
You cannot even read other people's snaps without enabling camera. I deleted the app because of this function.
"Facebook wants to send Sms" seems really odd until there's some feature like inviting someone that would obviously require sending Sms. Contextually asking for this permission then is much more reasonable, especially since the app can be used otherwise. Clearly certain permissions like camera may be the entire reason for the app, but the more sinister stuff like location tracking is often not the primary purpose.
In the meantime... talk to me when Android gets this basic feature in 6.0.
Granular permissions have only been in iOS since version 6.0, which came out 3 years ago. The first version of iOS was 8 years ago. For a feature that's "as common sense as it gets" we sure got along fine without it for half a decade.
[1] http://www.cnet.com/news/path-shares-photos-oh-and-uploads-y...
[2] http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/20/android-ap...
Nope, no fanboying here, move along folks.
IOs originally had no permission system at all.
> talk to me when Android gets this basic feature in 6.0.
Half a year ago.
I'd personally prefer more fine grained permissions. Permission to take a picture (and read just those pictures the app took), permission to save pictures to the OS picture db. Permission to read pictures from the os picture DB the app didn't take.
I actually don't know if that would be any kind of solution. Another would be if the only way to access pictures was an OS level ui. That way the app couldn't access the pictures directly.
at the same time that would limit useful things apps can do. For example the fb messenger app showing half the display as a live feed from the camera.
Currently, for things like camera, microphone, location, etc. you can always revoke that permission after granting it via Settings.
Though, the latest version of android odes allow you to "allow" or "don't allow" features like that. Its the only reason that I finally installed the facebook app.
See also: server admins who accept SSH host keys without verification.
If you want a great show about stuff in this space, check out Black Mirror.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5eGo1vE41w
I can say I've had a lot of moments where I run into a situation in my actual life that makes me feel like I'm living in an episode of this show. It's a modern-day Twilight zone, and although I wouldn't say it's always a hit, when it's good, it's really good.
I believe there is a lot of good men, here. So, what can we do to fight this evil Android app (appart from not installing it)?
[1] http://www.geekwire.com/2012/happy-sad-microsoft-system-targ...
You've seen those charts where people use their smart watch to record their heart rate during the game of thrones finale? (No? Here you go: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/08/13/what-game-of-thrones-... )
Sure, downloading the Netflix pause-your-stream-when-you-fall-asleep app is comfortable, but it also provides a treasure trove of audience response data. Forget focus groups, now you have the real-time emotional response of many thousands of people A/B testing your original content in real environments.
And this ain't old-media Nielson, this is biggest-user-of-AWS technology-first Netflix.