G+_Aaron Frost Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Yet another example why the Android security is flawed and should be fixed soon. Users should have control about basic permissions after an app is installed (similar to what was added to iOS not long ago). This way we could install the FB app and then block it from having any access to our contacts list. Originally shared by TNW Facebook's Android app has been found to automatically send user phone numbers back to the company's servers. Facebook says it has deleted the numbers from its servers. http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2013/06/28/facebook-fixes-behavior-that-caused-android-app-to-collect-user-phone-numbers-deletes-data-from-its-servers/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Brad Dux Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Cyanogenmod pushed back on blocking permissions: http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/05/22/cyanogenmod-adds-support-for-revoking-and-faking-app-permissions/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Zeev Bubis Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Brad Dux actually this capability was added back for the upcoming release: http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/06/24/privacy-guard-formerly-incognito-mode-has-been-merged-into-cyanogenmod-will-appear-in-nightlies-starting-today/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Johan Appelgren Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Ideally it should be possible to write an contact sync app without requiring read permission for all contacts on the device. Then few if any apps would need it making it easy to avoid apps that harvest device contacts. Not that Facebook would skip the read contacts permission since they want to harvest contacts.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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