And wouldn't separate permission for each app solve the thing? -- Marcin
2014-01-26 Bernd Wachter <bernd.wach...@jolla.com> > <christopher.l...@thurweb.ch> writes: > > > Hi Sven > > > > I am equally curious: > > > > Reading and rereading Bernd's mail I see > > > > " ..contacts synced to the device from some third party services..." > > > > I entered all the contacts on my phone myself (most via bluetooth from > > the N9). No third parties are involved at all. So surely my apps > > should have full readonly access. > > > > If the source is an issue, then the source should be an attribute of > > each contact, thus allowing apps access to kosher contacts, and > > barring access to those from third parties. > > That's what we're currently working on. > > > Surely what an app does with the contacts is more important than the > > source of the contacts? > > We need to follow the terms of service from where we sync the contacts, > or they might revoke our API keys without warning, which then would > affect the whole userbase. In doing so we need to allow for creative > interpretation of the TOS on their end as well -- we're the ones in > trouble if they decide to revoke our API keys after all. > > TLDR: Lawyers are making our contacts middleware unnecessarily > complicated, not all features implemented yet. > > Bernd > > _______________________________________________ > SailfishOS.org Devel mailing list >
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