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minus-squareRicky Rigatoni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10·2 days agoAndroid’s fucked up permissions scheme makes even a flashlight app look like horrible spyware.
minus-squareIsThisAnAI@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 day 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-down14·1 day agoremove permissions entirely and give every program root access. if it worked for dos it’ll work for everyone.
minus-squaresp3ctr4llinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoAh, the kernel level anti cheat approach. Why not? There’s certainly precedent.
minus-squareRicky Rigatoni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·1 day 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-up1·2 hours agoI have a solution - don’t harvest my data?
minus-squareLainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day 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.
Ah, the kernel level anti cheat approach.
Why not? There’s certainly precedent.
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.
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.