Hi Johan, thank you for your feedback. You got one main issue right away. For sure, Android developers may know if an app requires a given permission or not, at least in most cases, but expressing a doubt could also be intended just as a question regarding why the app really needs to do that and for this I would like to integrate answers from publishers, given them the possibility to reply to such 'questions'. I would like the app to filter out, by the low of large numbers, not-really-needed permissions, as some SMS managing app requiring access to log files and running applications or games requiring permission to send SMS messages. The other point is that I don't believe users give enough attention at the permissions screen on install. In my opinion, such permissions deserve more focus, as i.e. showing a notification for apps that can look at contacts, gps position etc. I definitely don't want to spy the apps and try to figure out what they are doing with the permissions they require. Installing an app with some permissions that are potentially dangerous with respect to your privacy is also a matter of confidence. Requiring root access to get more details is for sure not the right way for non-technical users. As said, any feedback is very welcome :) I just released an update fixing some bugs for Android 2.2: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apprivacy
Cheers, Omar On Friday, June 1, 2012 3:33:36 PM UTC+2, Johan Appelgren wrote: > > Not sure how useful this is for non-techie users right now since it > doesn't really give any more information than the permission request screen > that is shown when installing an app. > > What is the point of "expressing doubt" about a permission? > > I see a lot of doubt for permissions for apps where they wouldn't work > without those permissions. Perhaps this would need to be curated somehow > with explanations why a specific permission requirement of a specific app > is a problem, like if it abuses read contacts to harvest all contacts > without asking or really does track the device using imei or wifi/bt mac > address. > > On Friday, June 1, 2012 2:31:22 PM UTC+2, omoling wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> my name is Omar Moling, I released Apprivacy recently with the aim of >> motivating users to be more aware of how installed apps deal with their >> privacy. They should be able to intuitively understand which access rights >> / permissions their apps require and how deeply those permissions can look >> into their private data or interfere with their experience. Users can also >> express doubts about required permissions by clicking the +? button next to >> them and sharing so their concerns, anonymously. >> >> I would really appreciate some feedback to make the app usable for >> non-technical users. >> >> It is avaiable at >> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apprivacy >> >> All the best, >> Omar Moling >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/android-discuss/-/6DTteQw5z0wJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
