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Comment by amelius

I think a permission model should have 3 choices for every question: allow, disallow, and pretend.

With the last option, app-makers cannot bribe the user into installing the app with unwanted permissions anyway.

For example, when the app wants file-system access, the "pretend" option would give the app a view of an empty or dummy (fake) file-system. When the app wants access to GPS coordinates, the "pretend" option would give the app dummy coordinates. Et cetera.

parent amelius 10 years ago

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