article_snippet: When the participants were given access to AppOps, the participants collectively reviewed the participants app permissions 51 times and restricted 272 permissions on 76 distinct apps . '
article_snippet: The study used a permission manager for Android 4.3 called AppOps.
article_snippet: 23 people found that app permission managers were helpful.
article_snippet: When the participants were given access to AppOps, the participants collectively reviewed the participants app permissions 51 times and restricted 272 permissions on 76 distinct apps.
article_snippet: Only one participant failed to review permissions.
article_snippet: During this phase, which spanned eight days, users collectively reviewed permissions 69 times, blocking 122 additional permissions on 47 apps. '
article_snippet: App permission managers are better than nothing, but by App permission managers App permission managers aren't sufficient,' Sadeh said. '