end of July of this year, an interesting discovery was made: Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) has a built-in permissions manager that allows you to disable individual permissions so you can avoid the Facebook application knows your location eg .
Permissions
Android developers need to specify which parts of an Android application uses. Certain to appeal in an application hardware and software components of Android is a permission is required. One of the most common is that permissions for Internet access without permission to use the Internet, a large proportion of the apps do not work.
There are many users who pay close attention to what permissions an application requests. These permissions come into play when you install an app. We often see a lot of outrage at ‘foreign’ permissions. So we regularly get the question “why this game should know my location?”. And, indeed, many free games and apps ask permission to your location without direct becomes clear why these apps that need access. In the case of location often involves ad networks who want to know the location of a user is to be able to give. Offers customized weather If you’re not there to serve, you have two choices: either the app is not installed, or anyway agree with the location access
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App Ops (App-operations)
For many people it would be a good solution to be able to switch on and off. individual permissions Why would an application not ask (if single) access to location information or your address book? When we got the application App Ops (App-operations in Dutch) encountered in July, we had expected these new capabilities in Android 4.4 (KitKat) to see again. That was not the case and even more: App Ops seemed to have disappeared completely. Opps app appears also to be in Android 4.4 but the app is better than just hiding in Android 4.3.
To start the application, you can download this application. The application is not much more than a glorified shortcut to the official (clogged) App Ops. To use the app, your device must be running on Android 4.3 or 4.4.
Future Android version of Google Play services?
It was quite a disappointment to see that not much has changed in terms of permissions in Android 4.4, but it’s good to see that the App Ops application is still processed in the system and there seems that Google at least intends to offer these opportunities. The question is: when and how
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App Ops application is not finished yet, that’s for sure. The app is not finished yet, you can see the layout, when your phone is set to Dutch, is not quite right. Buttons are pressed ‘screen’. Also, the application is still being developed, it is not that Google has stopped the project. We can deduce from the fact that in Android 4.4 added new permissions that can be turned on and off. All this suggests that we will have to wait until a new Android version before (officially) more control over the permissions of apps used.
There is a second possibility. It could be that Google application allows switching from Google Play services. This package brings new capabilities to Android devices without a system update is required. These new features are often available for older Android versions, but whether this is possible App operations, it is not entirely clear. Official Google applications have many rights, but whether these rights also be included, we do not know. It is clear that, if the permissions manager comes out, there will be an integration with the Google Play Store, where it will be when installing an app off. Certain permissions though possibly
Availability
When you
on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) or 4.4 (KitKat) running, you can use the App-processing application itself. You do this by installing the shortcut. Application App Ops Please note that since officially Ops App is not yet available, revoking permissions could cause. Problems in applications This also applies to solutions that use non-official Android versions. Incidentally, it may be that not all devices that run on Android 4.3 or higher App Ops application are:. Manufacturers have taken this out, for example, because the features are not yet officially available
Want more control over your permissions, you can use the application “App Ops 4.3/4.4 KitKat. Note that you have to use the advanced features of the app you must have root access. Did not you, then you better opt for the shortcut application. In addition, the advanced features of ‘App Ops 4.3/4.4 KitKat “
costs
Samsung Galaxy S4 resume Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update. The update for the Galaxy S4 is currently being rolled out in countries such as Germany, France and the United Kingdom. The first Android 4.3 update for the Samsung flagship was postponed due to some critical bugs. 
The update will be rolled out in phases and may not be readily available to each user. it is therefore still unclear whether the update is already distributed in the Netherlands. We have not received any reports. 
Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) appeared for the Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4, Nexus 10 and new Nexus 7. This is the basic version where all other smartphones soon to be updated. 
The new update for Google’s operating system is already downloadable for Nexus devices Galaxy Nexus 4, Nexus 7, Nexus 10 and the new Nexus 7. However, if you are using flagships like the Samsung Galaxy S4 or the HTC One, you have to wait until the manufacturers of these devices their skin have updated and Android updates of specific adaptations have provided. Their own hardware 
Another useful improvement in Android 4.3 is the new Call menu. The new phone app gives Android users: the ability to apply t9. This means that you can enter names of your contacts, through figures like a text message earlier. The phone app fills your suggestions additionally automatically, so you’re ready for often called Peter to ‘cap’. 
A new option that will make your wifi is used to determine your location – even if you are not using a wiif network – you do gps sensor to be accessed less frequently. As a GPS sensor does not really economical in your battery, this is a nice improvement if you apps like Facebook or Twitter are happy to provide information about your current location. 
Google sells in its Google Play store versions of the Galaxy S4 and HTC-One with stock Android. Advantage of these smartphones is that they can be asked. New versions of Android features Google announced that Google now getting Play models of both smartphones update to Android 4.4. Both devices are otherwise not have been available in the Netherlands. 
