• Rumor: possible return of App Ops in some fashion and an official capacity coming in Android M
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[url]http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-07/google-said-ready-to-give-android-users-more-privacy-controls[/url] [quote=Bloomberg]Google Inc. is planning to give its mobile users more control over what information applications can access, people familiar with the matter said. Google’s Android operating system is set to give users more detailed choices over what apps can access, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the matter remains private. That could include photos, contacts or location. An announcement of the change, which would put Android closer in line with Apple Inc.’s iOS, is expected for Google’s developer’s conference in San Francisco this month, one of the people said. The Mountain View, California-based company last year simplified how people are informed about what an app is accessing. Users decide whether the app can be downloaded. The new settings would give users the option to pick and choose what an app can access.[/quote] [url]http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/05/07/rumor-google-planning-to-make-android-privacy-controls-more-granular/[/url] [quote=Android Police]... We had AppOps to manage permissions for a time, but this internal debug tool is now only accessible for rooted users and those running custom ROMs. It was never an official method for controlling permissions, though, and it could bork apps when you messed with the settings. If Google introduces more modular permissions, it would have to be a system that didn't outright break apps in the event an expected permission is blocked by the user - it needs to fail gracefully. It makes sense this would come as part of a major system update, so Android M it is.[/quote]
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