Comment Android permission model FTW (Score 1, Offtopic) 146
This is a real-life example of how the Android permission model is pretty well thought-out. Any time you install an app from the Market, you're presented with a list of all the hardware and software resources that it utilizes. Installing a tip calculator? When you see that it needs permission to read/write contact data, access your location and have full internet access, some giant red flags should go up.
True, you can't tell what exactly the app is actually doing with those powers you've granted it, but it definitely helps highlight potential shenanigans. An Android-style system could have helped identify this app as a potential privacy risk. What, exactly, does a real-time traffic app need my contact info for?