permissions
Security and privacy
privacy permission cleanup
SHOW HN2012
38points
9comments
#613of 1,677 in 2012
Top 37%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
0 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score -0.22.
Execution: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting concept
From 1 comment
Interesting concept, but it's very poorly implemented. I'd like to remove a majority of the apps listed, but I cannot easily "Trust" the few that I'd like to keep. It requires my…
Hawkee on HN
Objections
Requires email address to proceed, ironic for a privacy tool
From 2 comments
Interesting concept, but it's very poorly implemented. I'd like to remove a majority of the apps listed, but I cannot easily "Trust" the few that I'd like to keep. It requires my…
Hawkee on HNHawkee. The email address is collected for the sole purpose of retrieving the apps you may have trusted next time you log in. Would you feel more comfortable if we asked for your…
olivieramar on HN
Removing apps one at a time takes too many clicks
From 1 comment
Interesting concept, but it's very poorly implemented. I'd like to remove a majority of the apps listed, but I cannot easily "Trust" the few that I'd like to keep. It requires my…
Hawkee on HN
Page looks like a malware download page
From 1 comment
mypermissions.com looks too much like a malware download page. As a suggestion, please avoid overly-suggestive calls to action.
solox3 on HN
Requests
Use a passphrase instead of email to retrieve trusted apps
From 1 comment
In that case, you might be better off asking for a phrase to be used to retrieve trusted apps. Hawkee is right, you're dealing with an unusually paranoid audience.
Dove on HN
Improve the trust and removal flow
From 1 comment
Interesting. We'll take a better look at that flow.
olivieramar on HN