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Windows 10 Will Soon Give Users More Control Over App Permissions (engadget.com)
An anonymous reader shares a report: The software giant has revealed that you'll get much more control over what apps are allowed to do with your device. Where you previously only had control over location sharing, the Fall Creators Update will ask you to grant permission before accessing all kinds of potentially sensitive hardware and software features. It'll ask to use your camera and microphone if you have a video recording app, for instance, or check before offering access to your calendar and contacts. You'll only get these prompts for apps installed after you move to the Fall Creators Update; you'll have to dive into your privacy settings to review permissions for apps you already have. Even so, it's an important boost to Windows' privacy security levels. Much as on phones, where fine-grained permissions are already fairly commonplace, you might not have to worry as much about malicious apps spamming your contacts or hijacking the camera.
...and you probably can't set permissions for integrated software like the natural language command interface
Why can't they just make it work like Windows XP did? It never asked me about permissions or for administrator access when I installed 500 toolbars, bonzi buddy and cool customized cursor packs and it was all just fine.
I do not give permission for Windows 10 to even be installed, but with new hardware forcing upgrades and Linux making itself a non option with systemD I will be soon forced to have Windows 10 ignore my permissions.
Of course this only applies to apps using the Universal Windows Platform UWP api. I don't know anyone not stuck with windows on a ARM using the windows app store
One of the reasons I keep using Windows Phone is ability to fine-tune access to GPS and Contacts. More so, I can additionally turn off GPS for everything via easily accessible drop down setting menu.
Microsoft Operating Systems Privacy Software Windows 10 Will Soon Give Users More Control Over App Permissions
What about Windows 10 giving users more control over OPERATING SYSTEM Permissions?
People actually use "apps" for Windows? Like for real? As in this isn't a hoax? Sorry Microsoft, but you're not going to get my credit card number.
(Seriously, I still think windows "apps" are some kind of extended April Fools gag.)
M$ did thing! Thing is bad!
It's a thing we've wanted before? That other OSes we like do?
Doesn't matter! M$ is teh evil!!1
Get off my device and go disable the windows store entirely.
I really don't need an "app store" for a company that can't even field a cell phone platform. Heck, I don't need an app store from the 2 who CAN! If I want to install something I'll go download the bits and run it the old fashioned way thank you very much. (even if it's .apk not .msi or .exe)
How it will work, is, each app will ask for a buttload of permission for stuff you'd think it doesn't need, like a puzzle game asking for camera permissions, but the app will not run unless it gets those permissions, so most users will give up and grant every app all permissions, thus making the whole exercise pointless.
I'm not hearing good things about Windows 10, so I am sticking with Windows 9.
You can push them all you want, but most of them are disconnected. (Notice the many years this has been happening.)
If the universe is someone's simulation -- does that mean the stars are just stuck pixels?
Just so people know, this has nothing to do with regular Windows software, just Windows Store apps... which no one cares about.
https://blogs.windows.com/wind...
"Starting with the Fall Creators Update, we’re extending this experience to other device capabilities for apps you install through the Windows Store."
"Windows 10 Will Soon Give Users Complete Control Over Windows 10's Data Harvesting" But it's not. So I stuck with Windows 7 until I finish my migration to Linux.
I'd much rather be hearing that Microsoft gives users more control over Microsoft permissions, for instance being able to completely and totally turn off all 'telemetry', monitoring, 'phoning home', and all other forms of end-user privacy invasion. I want to hear that you can install Windows and know that Microsoft will never have any access to the machine other than what you explicitly grant on a per-instance basis. I want to hear that you can once again pick and choose what updates are installed instead of having them pushed on you. Will never happen though, power always seeks more power, they never give it up. The only way to win is to not play -- not use Miscreant-o-soft products.
you might not have to worry as much about malicious apps spamming your contacts or hijacking the camera.
I already don't have to worry about that, since I won't touch the app store with a ten foot pole.
Now, will Microsoft address real security issues, such as allowing us to turn off all the telemetry?
Can I unpermit the Windows 10 app from rebooting whenever it gets updates? Ive googled and looked thru their shitshow of system settings, nothing really stops it does it?
"Windows 10 Will Soon Give Users More Control Over App Permissions "
The problem is that Windows 10 should have given users ALL control over app permissions IN THE FIRST PLACE.
(Just put those permissions somewhere the unskilled users can't mess with them easily though)
What Microsoft needs to work on are bugs in Windows 10 like the one where you attempt rename your computer with a string of numbers from the new PC Settings:
"Rename your PC. You can enter a combination of letters, hyphens and numbers"
Ok, how about 011555472053?
"That PC name won't work. Pick one that doesn't start with a number and try again"
*head asplode*
READY.
PRINT ""+-0
So despite knowing that Microsoft is an early NSA collaborator, forcing and tricking users into "upgrading" to Windows 10, distributes proprietary software (all of which is untrustworthy by default which prevents even technical users from fixing problems and distributing improved software to others), and Microsoft blatantly disregarded user choice and privacy, shipped with bad defaults for privacy, got caught lying to users about how Windows 10's euphemistically named "privacy controls" worked, you believe the headline that Microsoft "will soon give users more control over app permissions" and therefore want to talk about this in the context of the rose-colored vision of the past for Windows users? Microsoft has made so many choices against "giving users more control" over anything there's no reason to believe they'll ever make such choices, just like any other software proprietor.
Forget the past, history begins now.
Digital Citizen
But when can I uncheck the "phone home" box???
But will they give users more control over Windows 10 or will they keep trying to gain more control over their users?
Windows 10 sucks donkey balls. The first true OS with multimedia and net ownership built it, and more to come. Seriously, unless there is an obscure software piece you absolutely have to have, and Window is the only delivery system, why would you??
this would have a fairly decent feel if Windows 10 wasn't forcibly stealing your usage and data. Microsoft doesn't see users as valuable.
Oh, having an advertising ID built in to your O/S? Pure evil.
Microsoft = Pure Evil. Simple as that.
Microsoft will give you a little piece of candy to make you feel better about data slurping that you can not switch off.
Telemetry example: Sheeple #493242 doesn't use Edge, let's send someone to his house.
Much as on phones, where fine-grained permissions are already fairly commonplace, you might not have to worry as much about malicious apps spamming your contacts or hijacking the camera.
You mean like denying Google access to the mic and camera, but then Gmail doesn't work?
But why it is slow!!!
https://goo.gl/m8tqiy