The new Android operating system has been released. The user gets more involved.
Android phones will soon be a lot safer. Google this month released the latest version of the Android operating system from, inter alia runs on phones from Samsung and HTC. Marshmallow – each version is named after a sweetness – is about ‘more user control
The smart phone owner can determine marshmallow itself which apps have access.. It was about time: in previous versions of Android were you before downloading an app asked what permissions you want to grant: for example access to the contact list (WhatsApp) or GPS (Google Maps)
Refused to you. access, the download was canceled. It was to give. In Marshmallow smartphone users can fine tune what apps are allowed to see or not. This is especially useful to cut off the rogue apps.
Flashlight
For example, the US security Malwarebytes warned this spring for a flashlight app that lets hackers phones could take over. Anyhow his flashlight apps popular among attackers: they are used to sell location data to advertisers
Marshmallow requires an app the user only to when he has access to, for example, the GPS needs it. The user can refuse all which sometimes means that the app may not fully use is furthermore possible to enter the settings for each application to determine which data it has access, and vice versa:. what information is seen by what apps An option that iOS phones? have been longer.
You will receive automatic notification when Marshmallow is available to you. Google phone owners have the message had. Gears over half to two often go along with the update. If such device have, please be careful when downloading apps.
Elsevier No. 45, November 7, 2015
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