Dec 17. 2013
Dec 17. 2013
Opinion – Google deleted a handy app from Android privacy tool. But that should be urgently returned.
even less privacy? That is not good for us smartphone users, but that is exactly what Google is due to withdraw that users had lapped about apps that sensitive data such as location and contact information. Monitoring an Android feature The feature App Opps appeared in Android 4.3 and has been praised by privacy advocates. Moments later, the feature was gone.
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Google tells digital civil rights organization that EFF App Opps from Android 4.4.2 has been removed, because the feature was an experiment that was accidentally released. The feature does not work with other apps. I agree with the EFF who finds that the performance of the feature should be looked at how well it works to protect users. Problems with the tool could be fixed with an update.
The EFF writes that the disappearance of App Ops alarming news for Android users. “It can not manage app permissions is a yawning gap privacy and security in Android, so the data of one billion users sucked. Embarrassing enough, Apple has this been fixed in iOS. “
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What options do users have to limit permissions of apps Computerworld dropped three in a row.
interface App Ops looks like the perfect tool to ensure that apps get no data that they do not need. The user interface is really nothing more than a list of permissions, such as location, reading contacts, sending SMS – all with an on / off button next to it
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Explanation illogical
Simpler can hardly
privacy and therefore you may wonder why Google has removed the feature to make a fix. out instead of Android developer Dianne Hackeborn wrote on Google+ that the feature was never intended for users, but only for developers. But unless you’re a developer, that statement is not very logical.
“The UI is – and that should be pretty obvious – no UI for an end user. It is intended for development and is not intended to be available. The architecture is suitable for a lot of things, but not intended as a low-level UI to run. Unclear buttons a lot It is useful to manage notifications per app to see if a new location is addressed in the new location UI and some aspects of the new SMS app, etc. “
Bring App ops back!
have now all know that App Ops exists, I share this time behind the EFF. Android users should be able to prevent gathering with the press of a button. Data apps Because to whose data is it anyway? Contact information, identifying data from the device and location data do not belong in an app developer who is trying to earn money with an advertiser.
Google should get back to the lab to get the kinks out App Ops and then release again. There is no good reason to deny Android users.
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