Huawei Mate50 Pro User Guide - Page 124

View Permission Access Notifications, View Sensitive Permission Records

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Settings View Permission Access Notifications Your device will inform you of any sensitive permissions that are being used on the status bar, and display the app information on Control Panel in real time. From there, you can choose to manage these permissions on a case-by-case basis. For example, when an app uses the microphone permission, the microphone icon will display on the status bar. You can swipe down from the upper right edge of your device to display Control Panel, and check which app is using this permission at the top. Touch the app name to view the recent sensitive permission logs for the app, or to disable specific permissions for the app. Real-time access notification is only supported for certain sensitive permissions. View Sensitive Permission Records You can view records related to sensitive permission usage and recent app privacy behaviour in the privacy dashboard. To do so, go to Settings > Privacy, and touch the permission icon, app icon, or the permission icon on the dashboard. next to Touch View full history to view records of lock screen data access, frequent data access, and app privacy behaviour. Bolster Image Privacy Protections Concerned that certain third-party apps might obtain sensitive information from images in the background, or the image information may be leaked when you share images on social media, just enable Image privacy for ultimate peace of mind. Go to Settings > Privacy, touch Image privacy, and enable Remove location info and Remove other info. Once this feature has been enabled, third-party apps, rather than system apps, for example Gallery, will not be able to obtain sensitive image information, such as the locations, device models, and times when the images were taken. Get Tips on How to Protect Your Privacy When your device detects that your privacy settings are risky or can be optimised, it will provide handy tips that are easy to apply. Go to Settings > Privacy, and follow the onscreen instructions to touch the button next to each suggestion. If you wish to ignore a suggestion, swipe left on the suggestion, and touch will not continue to remind you, if you ignore the same suggestion twice. . The system 121

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View Permission Access
Notifications
Your device will inform you of any sensitive permissions that are being used on the status bar,
and display the app information on Control Panel in real time. From there, you can choose to
manage these permissions on a case-by-case basis.
For example, when an app uses the microphone permission, the microphone icon will display
on the status bar. You can swipe down from the upper right edge of your device to display
Control Panel
, and check which app is using this permission at the top.
Touch the app name to view the recent sensitive permission logs for the app, or to disable
specific
permissions for the app.
Real-time access
notification
is only supported for certain sensitive permissions.
View Sensitive Permission Records
You can view records related to sensitive permission usage and recent app privacy behaviour
in the privacy dashboard.
To do so, go to
Settings
>
Privacy
, and touch the permission icon, app icon, or
next to
the permission icon on the dashboard.
Touch
View full history
to view records of lock screen data access, frequent data access, and
app privacy behaviour.
Bolster Image Privacy Protections
Concerned that certain third-party apps might obtain sensitive information from images in
the background, or the image information may be leaked when you share images on social
media, just enable
Image privacy
for ultimate peace of mind.
Go to
Settings
>
Privacy
, touch
Image privacy
, and enable
Remove location info
and
Remove other info
.
Once this feature has been enabled, third-party apps, rather than system apps, for example
Gallery
, will not be able to obtain sensitive image information, such as the locations, device
models, and times when the images were taken.
Get Tips on How to Protect Your Privacy
When your device detects that your privacy settings are risky or can be optimised, it will
provide handy tips that are easy to apply.
Go to
Settings
>
Privacy
, and follow the onscreen instructions to touch the button next to
each suggestion.
If you wish to ignore a suggestion, swipe left on the suggestion, and touch
. The system
will not continue to remind you, if you ignore the same suggestion twice.
Settings
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