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onlinepersona@programming.dev 5 days agoMore about the part of stealing information. Most people barely look at permissions.
A flashlight app needs access to my calls, microphone, clipboard, filesystem, and network? Sure, I’ll install it.
All Temu had to do was ask and people would grant it.
jarfil@beehaw.org 5 days ago
Not sure about Apple, on modern Android apps need to ask for each permission when they’re about to use it for the first time.
Google Play will also periodically revoque permissions to apps that haven’t used them for some time.