Re:Android’s App Permissions Were Simplified – Now They’re L...
by XorNot on Saturday June 28, 2014 @10:20PM
(#7960162)
What happens when you deny? That's the problem I have: I need intelligent denials. Like 'fake GPS location' or 'fake contacts'.
Re:Android’s App Permissions Were Simplified – Now They’re L...
by Zak on Sunday June 29, 2014 @12:26AM
(#7960357)
XPrivacy provides fake information for a several permissions, including location when an app is denied that permission. You can manually set or auto-randomize the fake information. People often ask me why I'm sending them Facebook messages from Pyongyang.
Re:Android’s App Permissions Were Simplified – Now They’re L...
by vomitcuddle on Sunday June 29, 2014 @12:31AM
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That's exactly what it does. It feeds the application with fake or no data. There's no other way to do it due to Android's (in my opinion fundamentally flawed) security model.
Re:Android’s App Permissions Were Simplified – Now They’re L...
by MacsHeadroom on Sunday June 29, 2014 @12:31AM
(#7960363)
xprivacy provides graceful denial of permission by providing false (potentially randomized) information. For example, rather than deny internet permission it will trick an app into thinking the internet is disconnected. Instead of denying GPS access it will tell the app that you're in a user-defined or random location (based on your settings).
The downside is it requires root, but it works very very well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/test-xprivacy...