You do not want to let an Android application access to your contact list? To date, you have two choices: do not install the application, or rooter your Android device and install a tool like XPrivacy that allows you to send false data to applications.
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But it is possible that Google changes how Android works, in order to provide users with more control over the data that applications have the right to use.
Bloomberg reports that Google intends to do just that. According to anonymous sources from Bloomberg, the new Android M privacy controls allow users to restrict access to certain types of data, such as contacts, geolocation or photos.
It is clear that some applications functioning best when they have access to your personal data. A third SMS application would not be very useful if it could not access your contact list.
But there may be a reason to grant limited access to a game or a photo application if you do plan to use all optional social features that they offer.
As Bloomberg points out, Apple already allows iPhone and iPad users to deny access to certain authorizations requested by applications. If Google offers this feature in the next version of Android, the Mountain View giant could provide users with similar access to privacy controls.
There is so far no word on when Google will officially unveil the new features, or when she will deploy to the public. But we already have evidence that the next version of the mobile operating system of the company is known under the code name Mr Android This could be announced at the next conference for developers , the Google I / O expected later this month.
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But it is possible that Google changes how Android works, in order to provide users with more control over the data that applications have the right to use.
Bloomberg reports that Google intends to do just that. According to anonymous sources from Bloomberg, the new Android M privacy controls allow users to restrict access to certain types of data, such as contacts, geolocation or photos.
But there may be a reason to grant limited access to a game or a photo application if you do plan to use all optional social features that they offer.
As Bloomberg points out, Apple already allows iPhone and iPad users to deny access to certain authorizations requested by applications. If Google offers this feature in the next version of Android, the Mountain View giant could provide users with similar access to privacy controls.
There is so far no word on when Google will officially unveil the new features, or when she will deploy to the public. But we already have evidence that the next version of the mobile operating system of the company is known under the code name Mr Android This could be announced at the next conference for developers , the Google I / O expected later this month.