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by icebraining 3569 days ago
The best trade off I've seen is what Nokia's S60 (and iOS, or so I've heard) did: have granular permissions like Android, but show a dialog when the app first tries to use them, instead of having a laundry list at installation time.

You're more likely to think twice when you open your flashlight app and it asks "Do you want to allow [Flashlight App] to read all your contacts?"
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flukus 3569 days ago
It that once off or every time? There have been a few Android apps that started off OK and transitioned to spyware.
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rahoulb 3569 days ago
On iOS it asks the first time the app wants a particular permission but doesn't ask again. If you want to change your initial choice, you can head to Settings and view/change the grants/revokes by permission or by app.
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icebraining 3569 days ago
Can't remember. Still, I don't think it matters - if you know an app has turned into spyware, why are you opening it again instead of uninstalling it?
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flukus 3568 days ago
Because I don't know until I hear it somewhere.
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