Comments on: Use Permissions to Secure Your Private Data from Android Apps

By: Roman

Roman — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:31:36 +0000

Great to know but it seems most apps require unnecessary permission so is there really any choice? Seems like using apps on the Android and giving up your privacy go hand-in-hand. I imagine all this information gathering and accessibility to everything we do in life is valuable to big brother business. Is there somewhere you can go where you’ll find trustworthy apps that DON’T try to get unnecessary permission?

By: Virginia

Virginia — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:43:20 +0000

Hi and thank-you so much for this page.
I would like to know if by rooting ones phone, one has a better control over the apps permissions?

By: Frankie

Frankie — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 02:12:20 +0000

Now – How to you turn the permissions on and off?

By: Helpful

Helpful — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:17:04 +0000

yes because when you click on a business or cafe etc on google maps you have the oportunity to ring them (to book a table for example) direct from google maps, it saves writing down the number and re keying it all!

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 04:48:54 +0000

You said, “Services that cost you money – make phone calls…: Google voice and… (suggestions needed here).”

Here’s another one:

Google Maps (latest as of Sept 2011) asks for this permission (among a host of others)

By: kate

kate — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 23:28:08 +0000

Am also interested in the answer to managing accounts. Just looked into locus navigation app which has good feedback and seems trustworthy, but why does a GPS app need access to my accounts?

By: PassingThru

PassingThru — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 00:59:30 +0000

how about instead its asks instead of prying into my privacy. I came to this site because I just got an android phone. I do not plan to download any apps at this point. My privacy is too important (really taking pictures access when ever it wants? – not needed)

By: George

George — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 21:11:00 +0000

Augmented reality and bar-code/QR scanners also make use of the camera.

By: Raju PP

Raju PP — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 04:20:22 +0000

Most possibly, it is referring to the management of FB accounts within the app (assuming you have multiple Facebook profiles). In that case the app must manage your profiles and authenticate them as and when it is required. May be Nabeel can provide more inputs here.

By: me

me — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:34:47 +0000

good info, but what about the permission: Your Accounts: act as an account authenticator, manage the accounts list…? this is one of the permissions listed on the Facebook for Android app. i mean i have no problem manually logging into the facebook website, but of course its more convenient to have an app for it. so what does that one mean? i dont need someone pretending to be me.