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Newer model iPhone mockup. At the top of the screen is a grid of contact pictures and the text “You have 579 contacts. Contact information includes names, emails, photos, phone numbers, addresses and more”. In the lower half of the screen, there is a <br />header “Get permission before sharing contact info” with the text “We're not going to let you betray your friends that easily. You'll need to get their permission to allow ‘Flashlight+ Pro Free HD’ to access their contact info.” At the bottom <br />are two buttons: “Request Permission From 579 Contacts” and “Don’t Share”

Sat, 14 Dec 2024 21:24:36 +0100

Dale Price via Fubaroque

dale_price@mastodon.online

This is what the iOS contact permission prompt should be

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Mon, 16 Dec 2024 05:22:12 +0100

John Gruber

gruber@mastodon.social

@dale_price This could never work and makes no sense. Let’s say you get my email address from my website. You create a contact card for me with my name and email. You think *I* should get an alert when you want to share my email address and name? And that at that point I should be allowed to delete my info from you contacts, and block you from re-adding me?

Should I also be able to know when you mention me in a note in the Notes app?

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:25:38 +0100

Dibs

dtwx@mastodon.social

@dale_price 100%

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 20:21:37 +0100 last edited: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 20:32:36 +0100

Dale Price

dale_price@mastodon.online

For those tempted to argue about the impracticality of implementing my tongue-in-cheek mockup:

Imagine, instead of the silly alert message, a simple toggle in privacy settings “allow others who have me in their contacts to share my information with apps”

If it’s switched on, it flips a bit on a server that the other person’s OS can check, just like how it checks if you’ve set up iMessage etc.

The point wasn’t the UI, it’s that other people’s info shouldn’t be yours to give out to apps