Re: Old news but still not fixed!
You shouldn't have to send dummy data. Any app should check for a permission before trying to access it. My Nexus 7 has no SMS client, no phone dialler etc. so, any apps that require those and try to access them will probably crash unless the code sensibly checked beforehand.
There are perfectly sensible reasons why certain functions are not available to apps, not just the revocation of permissions. Tablets with no 3G chips, PC/dongles with no cameras, no wifi for all devices at times.
If any app crashes because I don't want it to have access to SMS, contacts etc., then it is poor coding by the dev.
Seeing as Google ad Facebook compete for the advertisers dollar, surely anything that allows Google users to restrict the tentacles that the FB app tries to wrap around their devices would be seen as a good thing?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
