Google is changing the way Android apps ask for permissions

Following the recent revelations that nearly 500,000 Google+ users had their user profile data left out in the open — due to a software bug that Google knew about but decided to let slide no less — the Internet search giant is now introducing changes in the way Android apps ask for permissions. This in hopes of giving users more control over what they decide to share with a certain app.

The initiative is called "Project Strobe," which Google describes as "a root-and-branch review of third-party developer access to Google account and Android device data and of [the ...

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