"It used to be possible for Android apps to access any kind of storage on an android device through the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission. Writing to the SD card is useful for many different kinds of apps, e.g. file managers or cloud storage synchronization. However, the latest version of Android will no longer allow apps to write anywhere on external storage media, instead apps will only be allowed to access app-specific folders on SD cards. Android Police has an excellent writeup of the changes and the implications for users."
[ED Note: This is bound to irritate power users that rely on their SD cards for additional device storage.]
(Score: 4, Interesting) by SGT CAPSLOCK on Wednesday February 19 2014, @09:11AM
Sailfish looks beautiful.
But, are the people behind Jolla/Sailfish aware that:
1. spyware is not a feature; and
2. the idea of "permissions" needs to be -way- more than an afterthought?
I wish I could find info about those two particular topics! Unfortunately, the trend seems to lean toward installing spyware by default and either completely locking down a phone from its owner, or implementing a half-assed scheme for permissions. (or both!)
(Score: 2) by Dopefish on Wednesday February 19 2014, @03:55PM
From what I know about the Jolla team, they are way more open source and power user friendly than even Google is with Android. Heck, Jolla gives you a proper GNU/Linux userland and access to the command-line in SailfishOS. That has to count for something. Too bad I don't see anything from Jolla hitting stateside anytime soon...