- It shows up the alert when the app actually tries to use a resource.
- It lets me use the app without specific permissions. This is something great. I don't grant location permissions to social apps to avoid sharing my location unintentionally. They work just fine.
- The long list of permissions on Google Play store does not really help when the app just wants to be able to pause something when phone rings and that requires absolute access to phone services. That causes a scary list for legitimate apps almost always.
To be fair, Android's way of having them listed makes it possible to assess an app's intention before installing it. That's great and all for me and you, but did not help 50+ million users in this case.
- It shows up the alert when the app actually tries to use a resource.
- It lets me use the app without specific permissions. This is something great. I don't grant location permissions to social apps to avoid sharing my location unintentionally. They work just fine.
- The long list of permissions on Google Play store does not really help when the app just wants to be able to pause something when phone rings and that requires absolute access to phone services. That causes a scary list for legitimate apps almost always.
To be fair, Android's way of having them listed makes it possible to assess an app's intention before installing it. That's great and all for me and you, but did not help 50+ million users in this case.