nave@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoApple will require app devs to explain exactly why they use certain APIsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1325arrow-down14file-text
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minus-squarespiderman@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agowhy can’t you have a page or section describing these things and require it to be revealed only when you are asked to do?
minus-squarethepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·1 year agoIt wouldn’t matter. People would click right through it. You’d need to have it in the permissions popup to have any hope.
minus-squarePlasmaDistortion@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoBingo. We’ve tried explaining what permissions are used but since it is still the honor system of disclosure, most people don’t believe it or just ignore it.
why can’t you have a page or section describing these things and require it to be revealed only when you are asked to do?
It wouldn’t matter. People would click right through it. You’d need to have it in the permissions popup to have any hope.
Bingo. We’ve tried explaining what permissions are used but since it is still the honor system of disclosure, most people don’t believe it or just ignore it.