[dundee] Android and App privileges

[Robert Ladyman]

One thing which has struck me about a lot of "Apps" is that they seem to 
request access to almost everything - most of the time I cannot see why the 
app I've downloaded needs to be able to make calls or access my address book. 
If I'm feeling kind, I think it's because they are the defaults in some way.

What might be useful would be a 'fake access' option: that is, for each app 
you should be able to choose "no access", "real access" and "fake access", so 
that if you require a particular app that insists upon address-book access, 
but do not wish to grant it, you give it the 'fake' setting which does exactly 
that, give fake information to the app (and similarly with telephone access). 
You'd also be able to test a program's trustworthiness without letting it 
loose across your precious data.

Thoughts? Is this already available?
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Robert Ladyman
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