June 1st, 2016: All existing apps must comply with new policies and have gone through
the app permissions review process
December 3, 2015: Instagram opens submissions of new apps to its mandatory
app permissions review process that only permits apps in the approved categories
It involves listing exactly what's allowed with its APIs,
an app permission review process that makes Instagram a gated platform, and a new developer testing sandbox.
Not exact matches
Before you decide to use an
app, you can
review the
permissions the developer is requesting and choose which information to share.
The Login
Review team has now checked over 40,000
apps, and from the experience, created new, more specific
permissions so developers don't have to ask for more than they need.
Facebook also
reviews exactly what type of
permissions third parties request — in other words, tell me why you need to know someone's birthday for them to use your
app — as part of the update to its API policies in 2015.
It's possible to set your NOOK to update
apps automatically, but Android Central recommends leaving this function manual in order to allow you to
review possible
permissions changes to your downloaded
apps as time goes on.
The Login
Review team has now checked over 40,000
apps, and from the experience, created new, more specific
permissions so developers don't have to ask for more than they need.
We started approving these
permissions in 2014, but now we're tightening our
review process — requiring these
apps to agree to strict requirements before they can access this data.
Before you decide to use an
app, you can
review the
permissions the developer is requesting and choose which information to share.
But before you do that, consider tweaking your privacy settings, including
reviewing and possibly removing installed
apps or changing their
permissions.
«It appears that data access by the original
app developer was properly
permissioned (i.e., this was not a «breach» per se) and we note that Facebook has since upgraded its user privacy functionality and
app review process to prevent similar abuse,» wrote Wells Fargo analysts led by Peter Stabler.
-- On Android 6.0 and above, a user can
review an
app's
permissions.
To
review and manage your existing
app permissions go to Start, select Settings, then select Privacy.
Reviewing all
apps permissions provides both privacy and security.
A brand new malware strain was just discovered, a sneaky attacks that fooled not only Apple's
app review team into allowing malware apps into the App Store, but that can also quietly install apps on any iOS device without the user's explicit knowledge or permissi
app review team into allowing malware
apps into the
App Store, but that can also quietly install apps on any iOS device without the user's explicit knowledge or permissi
App Store, but that can also quietly install
apps on any iOS device without the user's explicit knowledge or
permission.
Fortunately, Android makes
reviewing application easy by grouping
permissions together instead of making you
review apps individually.
Whether you started your device clean or imported your
app information from a previous phone, an important step for any new phone user is to
review app permissions.
It serves as yet another reminder to be careful of what you install on your phone, and to carefully
review an
app's
permissions — especially if it's asking for access to something it shouldn't require, like a game that needs to turn on your microphone, for example.
The
app review process will be frozen as the company
reviews all the
apps that had access to data before a change in 2014 prevented platforms from accessing friends» data without
permission.
Other measures Android users should take is to exercise greater care about the
apps that they install - being wary of
apps distributed via unofficial markets, and being careful to
review the
permissions requested by an
app upon installation.