Re:Android permissions and hypocrisy
by xenophonf on Monday January 23, 2017 @10:17AM
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I didn't really think about it until the iOS Facebook app helped itself to my Christmas morning photos this year. I had assumed that Apple had stronger protections in place for users' content. It's one thing to say in an alert or popup or something "did you take photos of the kids opening presents this morning? want to make a photo collage using our helpful tool?" and quite another to access my photos (and, presumably, other personal data) without prompting.
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You must have granted the app permission to your photos/camera roll earlier. Still I agree it's sneaky for the app to go in uninvited at a later point in time.
Agreed. It might be nice if Apple extended their "Do you want to continue allowing XYZ to use Location Services" prompt to other permissions, provided it wasn't too aggressive.
Or even better, offer a restricted photo access permission that only works with the built-in image picker. Then at least the user has to tap on an image before it is transferred to the app. I don't care about the fancy custom image pickers with real time preview effects that various apps build in.
Re:Android permissions and hypocrisy
by iainmerrick on Monday January 23, 2017 @10:54AM
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You can deny it access to your photos, under Settings -> Privacy -> Photos.