Privacy features in Touch (cyanogenmod)?

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

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J Fernyhough wrote on 22/06/13 16:06:
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> On 22 June 2013 15:12, Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt at canonical.com>
> wrote:
>> 
>> On Ubuntu, an app will request a privilege during runtime. For 
>> example, a game might have a "find my friends who already play
>> this game" function, that accesses your contacts. The game would
>> work just fine if you don't use this function. But if you do use
>> it, Ubuntu would then -- and only then -- ask you if you want to
>> grant the app access to your contacts.
> ...
> 
> This is excellent! One quick feature request: a "remember this
> choice" checkbox. ;)

I don't understand. Why would Ubuntu forget the choice otherwise?

> Are there any plans to also collect app permissions into one
> place, for example a "privacy centre" that shows which apps have
> which permissions?
> 
> ...

I hadn't thought about that, but that's a good idea. I've already done
a screen for listing which apps have access to your location.
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityAndPrivacySettings#location> Lists
for other privileges could go alongside.

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mpt

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