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0 pointsapunic12y ago0 comments

> iOS permissions are more granular sometimes

Not true, http://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.perm...

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Android permissions are all or none at install time. iOS allows permissions to be individually toggled at any time. Some people define flexibility differently.

jdiez1712y ago

I can revoke permissions on any Android app with App Settings[1].

[1] https://mediacru.sh/DRUrAHvxdlfS

rst12y ago

In which Android versions? Cyanogenmod supports this functionality, but most stock builds don't, up through the most recent Kitkat releases.

(The first shipped Kitkat builds supported a form of this, but it was quickly removed, amidst complaints from privacy advocates:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/12/google-removes-vital-p...

So, there are a few shipped phones which can have this functionality made accessible via third party app --- but update your phone and they cease to work.)

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