App Ops

Android App Ops *WAS* a Step Forward

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Android App Ops is no more… Two weeks after I wrote Android App Ops is a Step Forward, Google has disabled/removed the permission manager. After the Android 4.4.2 update, invoking the App Ops app results in a RuntimeException. The R.I.P. permission manager, a very important capability for end-users, WAS a step forward; we are going … Read more

Android App Ops is a Step Forward

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Update Dec/15/2013: Two weeks after I wrote this piece below, Google removed App Ops… See Android App Ops *WAS* a Step Forward, and stay tuned. One of Android’s top limitations, one that totally drives me nuts, is its security model, in particular the app permissions model. This is a permission security model where developers (the … Read more