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Re:Android Backdoor GhostCtrl Can Silently Record Your Audio... by la_oveja on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @06:48AM (#14795555)
I see this very interesting:

Android prompts info about whats happening, iOS just ignores them and keeps going.

With this simple difference, people tend to think iOS works better! I cannot trust an OS that doesn't ask me stuff, or takes things for granted.

Best example is the "Force close" dialog on Android vs just crashing the app on iOS.

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Re:Android Backdoor GhostCtrl Can Silently Record Your Audio... by monkaS___ on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @07:00AM (#14795602)
The requirement to prompt for individual permissions in iOS significantly predates android's implementation of the same. Besides, am I mistaken or is the 'Force close' dialog ('xyz keeps crashing') only offered _after_ android first quietly attempts to restart the activity as if nothing went wrong?
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