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ryandrake • yesterday at 10:34 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Ideally, every API to call a function that provides the developer "dangerous" access to your system, should give the developer a text string argument to explain/justify to the user why it's needed. Then, instead of a confusing "Do you want this app to use Bluetooth?" pop-up with zero context, you let the developer convince the user.


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thiht • today at 12:20 AM

Agree with that, I like the idea of permissions for specific things like this but it’s way to hard to know what’s actually being asked and why.