Control app access to private information
| Originator: | m.hanauska | ||
| Number: | rdar://19515709 | Date Originated: | 19-Jan-2015 |
| Status: | Open | Resolved: | |
| Product: | iOS | Product Version: | 8 |
| Classification: | Enhancement | Reproducible: | Always |
Summary: Right now app privacy access rights is always or never. Either I allow the app to access geo location, photo library, or contacts, or I don't. If I don't allow it, I cannot use certain features. If I allow it, I have no control when then app is accessing the information. While the app may really need access to any of these to perform a specific task if I allow access to it, it will always be able to access that information, even if I'm not performing this task. E.g. how can I know that the app is not tracking my movements all the time in the background an uploading them to some server? How can I know the app is not uploading every new photo I take somewhere? Steps to Reproduce: 1. See privacy settings for an app, there's only on/off Expected Results: A setting like "Ask me" so I can decide access on a case to case decision. Actual Results: All or nothing, always or never, nothing in between. Notes: Maybe the setting would stick around for a while, so I don't get a new dialog all the time. It could stick for a specific time or until the app quits (or any combination of both). I think you got the point.
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