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by ginko 720 days ago
So don't give permission? (or don't install the app in the first place) I thought this was about malicious apps that collected private data behind your back.
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This comment would have made sense in the late 90s.

Today we have decades of experience that the majority of users are not capable of making informed decisions when it comes to topics like app permissions. Especially the flow on implications e.g. allow the app to record the screen could mean your bank details are exposed.

> I thought this was about malicious apps that collected private data behind your back

No, where did you get that idea from?