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Firefox OS to outdo Android with granular application permissions
2014-08-26 16:35:48| InfoWorld: Top News
Future versions of the Firefox OS mobile platform will allow users to control application-specific permissions, a feature with both privacy and security benefits that's missing on Android. Firefox OS 2.1, whose code is expected to be completed in November, will have a new option under its developer settings called Verbose App Permissions that will allow users to tweak permissions per application, according to Mozilla security engineer Frederik Braun.
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Google patches Android icon permissions attack
2014-04-15 13:39:01| InfoWorld: Top News
Google has issued a patch for an attack that could lead an Android user to a phishing site, according to security vendor FireEye. FireEye recently spotted an malicious Android application that could modify the icons of other applications so that when they're launched, they send victims to a phishing website.The malware is abusing a set of permissions known as "com.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS" and "com.android.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS."
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United Kingdom: Local authorities 'hustled' into passing greenfield planning permissions
2014-04-13 17:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Councils are being "hustled" into allowing development on greenfield land by the government, the director-general of the National Trust has warned. In a rare public intervention Dame Helen Ghosh warned that pressure from the government is pushing councils into proposing greenfield land for development rather than brownfield sites. Speaking on the two year anniversary of the government's planning reforms, Dame Helen said the National Trust is "very worried" about the scale of development and...
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Android 4.3 hidden feature lets you tap into app permissions
2013-07-26 16:17:00| CNET News.com
A hidden feature called App Ops in Google's latest OS update allows you to turn off certain permissions for your apps, says Android Police. [Read more]
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Quickly fix Dropbox permissions errors in OS X
2013-07-02 19:00:05| CNET News.com
Dropbox includes a feature that should fix most permissions-related problems experienced with the cloud storage service. [Read more]