Google Play rearranges app permissions
Recently, the company Google, owner of the mobile platform Android , seems especially concerned with correctly regulating or at least clearly showing everything related to the permissions of the applications A necessary procedure and of vital importance that can give the user a clue about some dubious tool security or that could cause some privacy problemAnd it is that not only has it made it possible to consult all these permissions through the web version of Google Play, but it has also launched a new version of the application store for terminals Android with related changes.
Thus, Google has progressively published a new minor version of Google Play in which the main change seems to focus on the reordering of permissions And, to date, these appeared in awindow, full lists, before installing the application. A good way to know all the functions of the terminal that an application can access before accepting its download. However, it does not seem the best way when the technical vocabulary does not help to understand these issues or the list is extremely long and not very explanatory.
That is why, in an effort to clarify any user doubts, Google has reorganized this permissions screen prior to the installation of the application. In this way, the complete list of permissions will no longer be displayed as it happened before, listing each and every one of the actions that the application can carry out through the smartphoneor the tablet And it is already taken for granted that most of them need internet connectionand other key issues that will not be shown in this list so as not to overwhelm the user. Basic functions that should not make anyone suspicious of dangerous application behavior.
Along with this we have regrouped some of the permissions seen so far. For example, instead of showing different sections like photos, videos and so on, there is now one that brings together the contents multimedia and other terminal files, implying that an application can access, modify or even delete them if this permission appears in the list.A clearer regrouping that is supported by the icons to make the process much more visual. Thus, now these issues are represented by universal images about photos, location, folders, phone, etc. Clarifying and comfortable questions to know the possibilities of an application before giving it the go-ahead to be installed in the terminal.
However, this reorganization is not intended to hide permissions In fact, the full list of permissions for an application will still be present through Google Play, on the application detail page. All this with an individual description for each permission that explains what it can do in the terminal and what content would be affected. In short, a change for the better that users most concerned about the security of their content will know how to appreciate.The new version of Google Play has already been released in stages.
