[guardian-dev] XPrivacy for Android

[Daniel McCarney]

Aha! Nice find. I guess they didn't like us playing with the toys before
Christmas :-)

Thanks Mark,

- Daniel

On 09/30, Mark Murphy wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Daniel McCarney
> <daniel at binaryparadox.net> wrote:
> > Devices running 4.3+ have an "App Ops" screen that lets you track/veto certain
> > permissions. It isn't accessible by default but there is an open source app in
> > F-Droid[1] called "launch-app-ops" that allows it to be accessed. The source
> > code is on github[2].
> 
> They have since commented out the AppOps activity from the manifest,
> so devices updated with that revised Settings app will not have access
> to AppOps.
> 
> https://github.com/android/platform_packages_apps_settings/blob/master/AndroidManifest.xml
> 
> That being said, one would imagine that something AppOps-ish will
> arrive in some future version of Android.
> 
> -- 
> Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy)
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> 
> _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_: 2,400+ Pages of Goodness!
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