Transparency does not mean agency.

· Bits and Bobs 8/26/24

The decision might be exposed to the user to make, but the user doesn't actually have agency to make a meaningful and informed choice.

Permission dialogs often just abdicate responsibility to the user.

"Do you trust this origin who you just met, and on a technical basis, could do literally anything it wants with this data?"

That's not a real choice!

And by passing it onto the user, the system has now abdicated responsibility to the user.