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0 pointsarthurfm10y ago0 comments

> I've seen something like this demoed for rooted Android phones

The amount of data XPrivacy [1] can fake is impressive. It's a shame it isn't a built-in feature.

[1] https://github.com/M66B/XPrivacy#features

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The biggest problem is the UNIX and Windows tradition that programs have all the rights of the user running them. Today, they should start out with the rights to read their own installed stuff, access their own private read/write prefs area, and use temp files. Anything more than that is at the discretion of the user.

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