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minus-squareRicky Rigatoni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10·4 months agoAndroid’s fucked up permissions scheme makes even a flashlight app look like horrible spyware.
minus-squareIsThisAnAI@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·4 months agoI have never once seen a robust permission model be easy to use or explain to folks who don’t care. Do you have a suggested alternative that’s going to keep privacy and security advocates happy, while being easier to use?
minus-squareRicky Rigatoni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down14·4 months agoremove permissions entirely and give every program root access. if it worked for dos it’ll work for everyone.
minus-squareRicky Rigatoni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·4 months agoIf people are going to waste my time with that “never complain about anything unless you can offer a solution” crap I’ll waste their time with a similarly stupid answer.
minus-squareLainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI have a solution - don’t harvest my data?
minus-squareLainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoThank you, brainrot achieved. 👍
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoAh, the kernel level anti cheat approach. Why not? There’s certainly precedent.
minus-squareLainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 months agoBut in this case it doesn’t apply, and you don’t actually need the camera permissions to enable the flashlight and haven’t for a very long time.
Android’s fucked up permissions scheme makes even a flashlight app look like horrible spyware.
I have never once seen a robust permission model be easy to use or explain to folks who don’t care.
Do you have a suggested alternative that’s going to keep privacy and security advocates happy, while being easier to use?
remove permissions entirely and give every program root access. if it worked for dos it’ll work for everyone.
Lol that’s insane.
If people are going to waste my time with that “never complain about anything unless you can offer a solution” crap I’ll waste their time with a similarly stupid answer.
I have a solution - don’t harvest my data?
Incomprehensible reply.
Thank you, brainrot achieved. 👍
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Ah, the kernel level anti cheat approach.
Why not? There’s certainly precedent.
But in this case it doesn’t apply, and you don’t actually need the camera permissions to enable the flashlight and haven’t for a very long time.