[iliketosleep]

In fairness, access to features such as call logs and clipboard are too easily abused. I think that most users downloading apps from the Play Store have the expectation that Google is taking care of their privacy. As the author mentioned, advanced users can still sideload any non-approved apps they want, and as advanced users they should understand any security implications.

The point I do agree on is that the platform itself is becoming far too locked down, and the example of "Imagine if the online banking of my bank refused to open on my desktop because it knows I know the password for the administrator account" is a valid one and shows just how crazy it's getting.

[TeMPOraL]

Speaking of ridiculous, Android and banking, just yesterday I was browsing my transactions and wanted to send a screenshot of one to my wife. As it turns out, you cannot make screenshots of banking apps. Because "security".

[stallmanite]

Good thing criminals don’t have access to a camera or other device to take pictures of the screen. How does this stuff not get laughed out of the meeting when suggested?

[otalp]

I think the intention is that someone with malicious code placed in the users device still won't be able to access bank details

[UncleMeat]

Screenshots are saved to the sd card, where every app has complete access. Apps can specify certain UI safety features, like preventing clicks through overlaid UI elements or preventing screenshots. Blame the app if you want. There isn't some blanket policy in the OS that identifies banking apps and prevents screenshots.

[TeMPOraL]

If you make something like this possible, apps will use it. My problem is both with the app using this malfeature, and with the system providing it with no way for me (phone's owner and user) to override it.

[soylentcola]

That's odd. I just checked this (running current version of Android Pie) and I could screenshot both my Bank of America app and my credit union.

I wonder if this is something the apps themselves have to disable or something in certain versions of Android itself.

[RealityDisorder]

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/WindowM...

[soylentcola]

Thanks for the quick reference (I'm not an app developer but I am curious about how things work).