App Permissions
Operating-system controls that decide whether an app can use capabilities or data such as location, photos, contacts, camera or microphone.
The useful mental model.
Start with the part that changes what you actually do or expect when you meet this concept in everyday digital life.
What it protects
Understand which layer this control actually protects: the account, the device, the browser session, a permission, or the network.
What it does not mean
Digital security features are easy to overestimate. The useful question is where the protection stops and which risks remain outside it.
What connects to this?
Digital life is a system. Follow the neighboring identity, data, design, security or business layer instead of stopping at one definition.
Location Sharing
Allowing an app, service or person to receive location information ranging from an approximate area to precise real-time coordinates.
Understand it →privacy conceptPersonal Data
Information connected to an identifiable person, including obvious profile details and less visible records such as activity, location or device signals.
Understand it →privacy controlCamera and Microphone Access
Permission for an app or site to use sensitive sensors that can capture the user’s surroundings or voice.
Understand it →Check the underlying references.
G7 prioritizes primary technical documentation, public-interest institutions and strong research. Product-specific behavior can change, so current service documentation remains important.