FW: Privacy features in Touch (cyanogenmod)?

[Matt B.]

Matthew Paul Thomas, thanks for your email describing the features you plan to work on. Your proposed work sounds great! I agree with your assessment about Android's setup being less than ideal and everything in your email is spot on. Your design plan is fantastic! I really appreciate that some folks are not forgetting about the privacy/security side of things amidst all the new features being implemented. It confirm Ubuntu is where I want to be across all my computing platforms.

Hopefully the Desktop will eventually get some of this focus too :)

 Just a quick note about the Scopes project: I wanted to say THANKS to ubuntu engineers for giving users the ability to Uninstall the packages involved. Privacy wise I think this is a very considerate offering. Regardless of one's view on the whole privacy issue, I think giving users the ability to uninstall the "offending package/s" is itself a privacy feature and I wanted to make sure that you guys know users recognize this and appreciate it. Those who are comfortable & like Scopes can use them. Those who are uncomfortable with it or have privacy concerns can uninstall it. Everybody wins.

Thanks, Matthew Paul Thomas, for your work and just your attention to the Privacy/Security side of things on Ubuntu Touch (I can't wait to get an Ubuntu Phone :)



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>> Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 15:12:05 +0100
>> From: mpt at canonical.com
>> To: ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Subject: Re: Privacy features in Touch (cyanogenmod)?
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>> In the next couple of weeks I will design the UI for apps to request
>> privileges on Ubuntu Touch.
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>> When installing an app, Android shows you a list of privileges the app
>> will require -- accessing your contacts, accessing your current
>> location, and so on. If you decline, the app doesn't install......