Why should this be developer and user driven? Facebook on their permission page when I first visit it should be more than capable in allowing me to change what permissions are given.
If they can retroactively remove them, they should be able to do so before I even grant any permissions.
Give me two columns, one "Allow" and one "Disallow" and I can drag the permissions to the columns as I see fit. Can an app give me a template or ask for certain permissions by default, yes, absolutely, but let me change them.
Re:Facebook is scaring me
by indigoviolet on Saturday September 24, 2011 @06:45PM
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This is an excellent point, let me pass that on to the platform permissions people.
Re:Facebook is scaring me
by mayanksinghal on Saturday September 24, 2011 @11:11PM
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If I remember correctly,they sort of had that earlier, then it was removed to make apps powerful and sign ups easier!
So, if you don't do the second part, you should be fine?
Also, I personally would be careful in installing apps. This goes for any application (not just facebook). If you trust an app, go ahead, if not, just avoid it. This is going to be different for different people.
Edit: Ok, I think I see your point. You don't want an app to ask for too many permissions right off the bat and then you having to go back and remove them.
Again, I think this is going to be developer and users driven. The more people ask for apps to start off with minimal permissions the developers will have to comply. Does that make sense?