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As an app developer I do not like this idea. You want to break the contract on what that permission is intended to be. ("Weather the Trip" road trip weather app for the U.S.)
I'm going to write a free/no-ad version of this app solely out of spite for this kind of viewpoint. Be on the lookout for my app, "Weather Trip Report" app in a few weeks.
I think I'll win more share of the U.S. market wink nudge nudge
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Worse, you can't even initiate conversations; if you've denied contacts access, the other user has to message you first. At least for me on Android, which is wild.
The iOS shows a phone number input if you try to initiate a chat and have contacts permissions disabled. I'm not sure whether that's because it's to comply with app store regulations, or the product owners on both sides prioritizing different things. On both platforms you can still initiate chats without contacts access by using the wa.me domain, eg. wa.me/12125551234 for +1 (212) 555 1234.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trianguloy...
Unfortunately this approach makes you quite unique for fingerprinting
Why? Only if you would reuse the same data multiple times, or if you use a unique random generator that is easily distinguishable from other data. So maybe don't use the 5x5 island, but when done right the approach shouldn't help fingerprinting?
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>Google Maps: “Turn right” >Guy driving alongside the ocean: “ok” >Car: *splash* This seems like a learning opportunity. Or a Darwinian opportunity. Either way, self-solving.
> This seems like a learning opportunity. Or a Darwinian opportunity. Not for the passengers.
I really wish browsers would take this approach with notifications. If a website asks if I have notifications enabled, tell them yes, and send them all into the oblivion. Edit: to clarify, I already disable all notifications in Firefox. I was referring to websites that check via JavaScript whether you have notifications turned on and trigger a pop up to ask you to enable them.
Just disable notifications. There's a setting for it in Chrome and Firefox, I'm sure there's a setting for Safari and the various Chromium forks as well. Set the notification permission to "deny by default" so you can manually opt into notifications later on a per site basis.
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else not be allowed in the App Store, a stick apple is more than happy to wield
It should be illegal for a device manufacturer to retain any kind of control over devices after sale. Some governments are finally realizing this. So no, this is not a viable solution in the long run. Besides, Android is a thing. I personally have never used an iPhone as my real phone precisely because of this — I can't install modded apps, I can't install pirated apps, etc etc. It's not okay to have to jailbreak the…
I guess we'll have to tell millions of users that their iPhones are all unusable, then. Imagine the shock!
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> Apps must gracefully handle it and continue running. Would this include… not doing anything? A notice that to use the app that you must grant access? I hate apps that do that … BUT: I am thinking of a logistics application that I wrote that requires location access. It effectively serves no purpose without location access. It’s a small app that we offer to our clients. Not an app for the general public. But it is a…
One middle ground between requiring location access and failing to run at all would be to ask the user to provide an address. That way the user would have some control over what info they provide.
Which is consistent with what would happen anyways with the above idea of providing fake data when the permission is rejected.
i.e. if tiktok/ig asks for permissions on camera and microphone, no is an option, because you don't need either to use either. If parts of your app can feasibly be used by a user without certain permissions it is on you to design the app in a way where that is possible. No camera or microphone enabled? Conditionally disable the functionality that would require those.
To make this simpler, the burden is on the asker. If you are not clear or trying to be clever, the answer is no. If that sounds draconian, keep in mind, that the app creator has the option to completely forgo this additional step by creating an app that makes permissions optional.
Focusing on enforcing that would make a petty army race unnecessary, and it's the better call for humans anyway.