Tagged “permissions”
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Reading Your Phone's Privacy Dashboard
Your phone logs when apps use the camera, mic, and location. Here is where to find that log, what it proves, and what it cannot show.
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Location Without the Location Permission
Declining location access does not make you unlocatable. IP address, time zone, and locale give a rough position no permission gates.
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What Clipboard Access Means for What You Paste
The clipboard is a shared surface any foreground app can read. Here is what that means, what platforms changed, and what to stop pasting.
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What Your Keyboard Can See
Your keyboard reads everything you type in every app, including a companion app. Here is what it keeps, and why predictions leak sideways.
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The Browser Version Versus the Installed App
The web version of a companion app sees less of your device but leaves more browser traces. Here is how the two exposures actually compare.
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What Sign In With Google or Apple Links Together
Platform sign-in shares a limited profile and creates a revocable link. Here is what each option discloses and how to cut it off later.
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What a Permission Prompt Actually Grants
A permission prompt grants a capability, not a purpose. Here is what each one covers on a companion app, and how to narrow or revoke it later.
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Does a Visual Companion Need a Different Evaluation?
When an app puts a face or an avatar in front of the conversation, three checks are added and none of the conversational ones change. A short answer.