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[bushlin]

I understand from various unanswered topics that quite a few people can't find permission management in CM9 and I'm wondering if this is officially being dropped or simply hasn't been implemented yet?

Permission management is the main reason for installing CM7 for many people.
Without it, I wouldn't be using Android at all.  It gives control back to the user in a world where almost every app seems to want personal data AND internet access.

I imagine there has been pressure from Google and other developers on this but frankly from a user perspective, screw them... they're responsible for needing such controls in the first place.
Google should be vetting apps before they're on the market, enforcing a privacy policy and obvious rules on whether an app needs the permissions it requests. Devs shouldn't be in a race to the bottom, making the bad compromise of unnecessary permissions to satisfy advertisers and making apps purely to harvest private data in an underhand fashion.

Drop permission management and you might as well run the stock rom... or wait for Jolla to start selling cheap Meego handsets

Edited by bushlin, 11 August 2012 - 01:40 AM.

[EL84]

THIS: "Without it, I wouldn't be using Android at all."

=> *push*

[EL84]

*push**