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by rasz_pl 4421 days ago
no need to change APIs, just let AppOps insert shim between apps and API calls and return empty datasets instead of null/failing whole calls.

Let that app ask for my location, but let me define location it returns when I refuse real location. Same for contacts/messages.
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jessaustin 4421 days ago
...let me define location it returns when I refuse real location.

This would destroy some apps, e.g. Ingress.

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pgeorgi 4421 days ago
In a sense it already does: there were instances of Ingress players "moving" from place to place at 200km/h or so during rush hour in London.

IMHO it's better if developers know about fake data so they can factor them in, using plausibility checks. As is, they seem to assume that the data source is real.

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rasz_pl 4421 days ago
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lexa.fakeg...

I just wish there was a central place that would let me do this per ap for all permisions.

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