For developers who design apps that are permission hogs, Android's new scheme may come as a shock, but conscientious developers may view it as an important improvement. "People don't know if a permission is needed when they install an app," noted Technalysis' Bob O'Donnell. "It will be better understood if [a permission request] comes when they actually use the app."Google appears to be heeding warnings of security experts who say Android users need better control over what apps do with information from their phones.
At I/O, its worldwide shindig for developers held last week, the company announced that the next version of its mobile operating system, Android M, would take a more granular approach to permissions for data requested by apps.
Recent versions of Android allows applications to make a block of permission requests as they're installed.
"Unlike iOS, where you have granular control over permissions, in Android, you're all-in or you don't have access to the application at all," Bitdefender Senior E-Threat Analyst Bogdan Botezatu told TechNewsWorld.
That's changing with Android M.
"With app permissions, we're giving users meaningful choice and control over the data they care about," said Dave Burke, vice president of engineering at Google, during a keynote address at the developers forum.
"You don't have to agree to permissions that don't make sense to you," he added.
Source: technewsworld
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