Google Play Store might be removing app permissions overview in favor of new Data Safety info
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- Anonymous
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- 20 Jul 2022
How does Google find a way to screw up something like this?
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- Anonymous
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- 20 Jul 2022
Google started out well, with the Android Market app (predecessor of Play Store for those who don't remember) giving you a clear list of all permissions before you installed the app. Then over time they've been more and more focussed on "reducing friction" as the jargon knows, i.e. making it easier to be completely unaware of what an app has access to.
This sounds like yet another step in the same direction. It's almost as if they don't want people to think about surveillance capitalism for some reason...
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- Anonymous
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- 18 Jul 2022
7hh, 18 Jul 2022One of the biggest spying corporations acts like they care ... moreFanboys don't understand that anyway.
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- 7hh
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- 18 Jul 2022
One of the biggest spying corporations acts like they care about your data safety(again)
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- Note9 Uaer
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- 18 Jul 2022
Anonymous, 17 Jul 2022This new feature looks a bit shady although it remains to b... moreYou can easily encrypt your SD card.
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- TheEEengineer
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- 18 Jul 2022
Grey Wolf, 17 Jul 2022Lol, emotional damage. Also, I am pretty sure if other co... moreExactly man
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- Anonymous
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- 18 Jul 2022
While this move is a little bit disappointing, apps still will ask for permissions before they actually used - so no real danger to privacy.
If I don't know the app/developer and I see no description (why app needs/requests specific permission) - I skip the app, so simple.
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- Anonymous
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- 17 Jul 2022
I do care about app permissions. I've had Pixel phones for over 5 years now and I have opted for them rather than others because among other things, of the flexibility to remove pre-installed apps. I've also enjoyed being able to go to the Apps section and turn on or turn off certain access permissions. But the data permissions in the play store is different - it's just telling us what an app developer might do with my data once it receives it. I'd prefer to be able to toggle permissions on or off just like I do with access to my location or camera. Over the years, I've noticed that features I like most on my Pixel phones keep getting buried deeper and deeper within the system and I have to take more time to navigate to those features to use them. This change seems consistent with that evolution where Google is now letting developers do more and more with my data but both making me rely on the developer to tell me the truth and making it harder for me to see what the developer SAYS it is doing with my data. This should all be getting easier, not more difficult, for the end user. Data security is at the top of my list. I get an unbelievable amount of spam and phishing attacks and my phone is under constant threat of calls from scammers. How can I minimize all of that if I have to trust that apps on my phone aren't passing my email address and phone numbers and locations on to anyone who will pay for that data?
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- Anonymous
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- 17 Jul 2022
UsmanHSh, 17 Jul 2022Even SD cards can die.Well of course. But over the course of using different kinds of flash storages (USB flash drive, memory cards, SSD drive, NVME), only memory cards never dies on me while other types can suddenly failing. Even a 32MB sd card from my old Nokia 3660 still works. eMMC and UFS storage inside a phone nowadays may be quite reliable, but it means nothing if we cannot retreive the data because for example the phone physically broke into two pieces somehow, or got into a bootloop (or worse; bricked) because of failed update or a software bug.
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- SShock
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- 17 Jul 2022
Grey Wolf, 17 Jul 2022Lol, emotional damage. Also, I am pretty sure if other co... moreLol, emotional damage when you own yourself indeed. "If other companies made phones with iOS". Yeah, well, they don't. And it has been proven time and time again that it's VERY difficult to make mobile OS and be successful with it.
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- blue
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- 17 Jul 2022
Grey Wolf, 17 Jul 2022Lol, he is not naïve, he is just a fanboy. He will continuo... moreYou can be a fan of a brand, but knowing what's happening all around. Naivity is something else, he simply dismisses the reality.
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- Samath N8 808 owner
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- 17 Jul 2022
I do care about permissions. But even that system is unethically compromised on Google's whim.
Google has totally removed the internet permission in an earlier update, saying its too common for apps to go online, which is a stupid reason at best. They could still mention internet as a permission on every app, with no side effects.
Even today if an app accesses the internet, it is not mentioned in the permissions of the app, not counting that internet is the prime carrier of every spyware, malware, etc.
Overall, Google is into dictatorship, and cares least of its users.
Recently, they removed DSD music playback starting Android version 10. What is this? Whch customer wants this to happen?
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- SShock
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- 17 Jul 2022
Anonymous, 17 Jul 2022Apple is ten times worse with data hoarding.
Their apps ar... moreLol and what do you think everything from Google is? Open source lol? All the apps you download from GooglePlay? Only thing open source is the foundation of Android, which is Android AOSP. Everything else bolted on top is very much closed source. So, stop pretending you even know what you're talking about when you clearly don't understand any of it. Also I love how people declare something being open source being instantly better and more private when all you do is depend on someone else to vet the code and then be loud about it everywhere. Which is not much different than closed source.
Just because 3 apps you use are open source doesn't make any Android variant found on phones "open source".
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- Anonymous
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- 17 Jul 2022
Anonymous, 17 Jul 2022Apple is ten times worse with data hoarding. Their apps ar... moreThe most dumbest thing I ever seen. Open source doesn't mean you're safe. People (hackers) are much easier to get your data because the open source 🤦🏻♂️ what you need is not open source or closed. You need regulations and checked up on the App store or Play store 🤦🏻♂️
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- UsmanHSh
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- 17 Jul 2022
SShock, 17 Jul 2022Well, sure, one can take data from SD card, but SD card is ... moreEven SD cards can die.
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- Grey Wolf
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- 17 Jul 2022
TheEEengineer, 17 Jul 2022Everyone will still buy apple. Yeah like they have less tha... moreLol, emotional damage.
Also, I am pretty sure if other companies would made phones with IOS, Apple would have less than 5% of market share. They will be in same pot as Sony. Bought only by enthusiasts.
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- Anonymous
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- 17 Jul 2022
SShock, 17 Jul 2022Yeah, but Google is on it too. And on top of that they inte... moreApple is ten times worse with data hoarding.
Their apps are all close sourced.
Atleast on Android, we can stop data collection, no such possibility of copycat OS
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- Grey Wolf
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- 17 Jul 2022
blue, 17 Jul 2022You're really naive believing that. Lol, he is not naïve, he is just a fanboy. He will continuously defend everything Apple does and fight with everyone online which says something against Apple.
Lol, in his mind, there are only satisfied iPhone users and angry unsatisfied Android ones, who are just jealous and hate Apple.
PS: We don't hate Apple. Many Android users I know had iPhones in the past. We just opened our eyes, that's all.
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- TheEEengineer
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- 17 Jul 2022
SShock, 17 Jul 2022And you're naive believing they do. Imagine saying you... moreEveryone will still buy apple. Yeah like they have less than 30% shares only.
Stop trolling yourself futher