[thescrewdriver]

> Compared to my Android phone Windows 10 is absolutely mute.

I think this says more about Android than it does about Windows 10. Windows 10 has crazy defaults, but so does android and many android apps want access to my info for no good reason (e.g. news apps wanting access to list my accounts, my phone number, my contacts, precise location etc.). Comparing privacy defaults of Windows to Android is not comparing it to a particularly high bar.

[soccerdave]

This is a main reason that I have avoided Android so far. The iOS permissions model is a far better model. At least with the next release of Android (Marshmallow) they are fixing some of this and hopefully you will be able to use apps without giving them access to so much info.

[edwhitesell]

If your phone is rooted, you can try installing XPrivacy to manage permissions for Apps. I used it for a while when I had to have Skype on my phone. It worked great to lock Skype out of GPS, Contacts, etc.

There was a noticable performance hit, but my phone is 3+ years old. It likely would not be as much on a newer phone.

[andrepd]

Try Xposed App Ops. It shows when, if ever, was the last time an application made use of each particular permission, and lets you revoke them.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/xposed-appops...

[ionised]

CyanogenMod is a barebones Android ROM that comes with permissions management.