App permissions have been a problem since the origin of Android. On the one hand because we usually accept them without looking at them, on the other hand because they have been controversial and misplaced, even though Google has been keeping order for some time. And they come from that order permissions to use one that Android 11 has been released in its developer preview.
With these one-use permissions we can authorize specific applications to access their applications only once. The pop up the authorization will include "Currently only" but for applications that need access to our geolocation. Now google does it these new temporary permits can be transferred to both the camera and microphone.
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One of the problems with granting permanent permissions to apps is that we don't know what apps do with such permissions in the background. This has led to the creation of many apps that exploit this kind of permission, such as parental monitoring apps for children. But again encourage the growth of spyware collecting our data even if we do not have phones in our hands.
With DP1 for Android 11, Google makes sure that no application will collect our location data in the background (whenever we want, of course) and is now also preparing applications. try to record what you see on our cameras or what you hear with our microphone. Both the camera access permission on the phone and the one giving the microphone access will include this "Only at this time" option.
Android 11 brings permissions to use geolocation on the camera and microphone
This means that if we choose to grant this temporary permission, the app will be able to operate normally as long as it stays open. But currently Android closes it in the background, or we remove it from our memory, we'll need to give you permission again continued operation, which will increase safety.
& # 39; Failure & # 39; of this program, however, makes sense, and is the same as when it was implemented locally: it would depend on it we grant these temporary permits from "Only at this time" to the apps we build that could compromise our security. If we choose to allow access to different parts of the phone permanently instead of granting temporary permits, nothing will change. But acceptance must be better.
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