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Re: Apps are updating without my permission

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In article <nqdvm6$keq$1@gioia.aioe.org>, Piet wrote:
> I have one app (9292, public transportation). It's in Dutch,
> but that can't be the problem ;-)).
> It requires premission to access location and contacts. The
> latter I don't want, so I've denied that.
> Now, in the app I can choose a destination address from the
> contacts. Given the denial I would expect that not to work,
> but look and behold, it gives all my contacts exactly as if
> I were using the Contacts app.

I'm not sure ... I have no device for which a Marshmallow update 
exists.

However: There are two ways for an app to access your contacts. One is 
to access the contacts directly, the other is to invoke the contacts 
app and ask it for a contact. Denying an app access to your contacts 
does NOT prevent it from invoking the contacts app. You then have the 
option of allowing the contacts app to pass the details of a single 
contact back to the calling app, or of closing the app without 
selecting a contact.

> Which makes me wonder:
> - Does the individual denial not work?
> - Or am I bypassing the denial by manually and explictly
>   starting the Contacts app from within the 9292 app?

Probably the latter. As I understand it that's what an app is supposed 
to do under Marshmallow if it wants to get a contact but isn't allowed 
to access the contacts directly.

In fact, most of the programming guides for earlier versions of Android 
recommend getting a contact in this way, but many apps ignore the 
advice.

-- 
Cheers,
 Daniel.
 

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Apps are updating without my permission "Danny D." <dannydiamico@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-29 03:17 +0000
  Re: Apps are updating without my permission nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-08-28 23:51 -0400
  Re: Apps are updating without my permission Timreason <timreason@hotmail.co.uk> - 2016-08-29 09:02 +0100
    Re: Apps are updating without my permission "Danny D." <dannydiamico@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-29 15:46 -0700
      Re: Apps are updating without my permission Piet <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid> - 2016-09-01 10:34 +0200
        Re: Apps are updating without my permission "Danny D." <dannydiamico@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-01 18:27 +0000
          Re: Apps are updating without my permission Timreason <timreason@hotmail.co.uk> - 2016-09-02 00:10 +0100
            Re: Apps are updating without my permission Piet <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid> - 2016-09-02 09:27 +0200
              Re: Apps are updating without my permission AL <noemail@none.com> - 2016-09-02 09:04 -0700
                Re: Apps are updating without my permission "Danny D." <dannydiamico@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-03 07:26 +0000
                Re: Apps are updating without my permission Piet <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid> - 2016-09-03 09:55 +0200
                Re: Apps are updating without my permission AL <noemail@none.invalid.com> - 2016-09-03 01:13 -0700
                Re: Apps are updating without my permission Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2016-09-05 16:53 +0100
                Re: Apps are updating without my permission Piet <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid> - 2016-09-08 11:39 +0200
              Re: Apps are updating without my permission "Danny D." <dannydiamico@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-03 07:26 +0000

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