Comment Re:about the same as my android (Score 1) 587
android has better privacy controls than iOS.
It does? Correct me if I'm wrong (I've never used Android), but as far as I know, Android just lists all the permissions the app wants, and you have to agree to all of them before you can start the app. If you want to deny a specific permission, you're out of luck.
iOS admittedly lacked such a permission system for a long time, but since iOS6 it has fine-grained control - you can selectively allow or deny an app to access:
- Location services
- Contacts
- Calendars
- Reminders
- Photos
- Bluetooth sharing
- Twitter
- Facebook
IIRC, before iOS6 apps only had to ask for the Location services permission. Since iOS6 all these permissions should be disabled by default, and the app has to ask you before it can access the respective service.