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Google removes vital privacy feature from Android, Claiming Its Release Was Accidental
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I was going to try and get this for the tablet but got busy doing other things. I really find this disappointing and I am delaying getting the phone I was getting meself for Xmas. I want some control of my data and location info, and I will not pay for others to take it.
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Yesterday, we published a blog post lauding an extremely important app privacy feature that was added in Android 4.3. That feature allows users to install apps while preventing the app from collecting sensitive data like the user's location or address book.
The App Ops interface removed in Android 4.4.2
After we published the post, several people contacted us to say that the feature had actually been removed in Android 4.4.2, which was released earlier this week. Today, we installed that update to our test device, and can confirm that the App Ops privacy feature that we were excited about yesterday is in fact now gone.
I was going to try and get this for the tablet but got busy doing other things. I really find this disappointing and I am delaying getting the phone I was getting meself for Xmas. I want some control of my data and location info, and I will not pay for others to take it.