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A browser with that many permissions? what good is sandboxing and everything if the browser can access 100% of my device, including microphone?

i'm thankful this is not available for my ancient, 11mo old, nexus one.



Can we please stop with the hyper-generalization that is that each permission is being used for the app 100% of the time for everything? In almost every instance, one permission or another is required for some trivial task, and they add up quickly.


and for something like a browser, a silly bug will make my personal data ... heck even my mic vulnerable.

android permission is only good if you make specialized apps and make them talk togheter. like it was the original intent with actions and intents. but i guess it didn't worked out ok.




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