In modern android you do not open files, you use an OS service to get an image, which may or may not come from a file on the device. If you want to open files you need a different permission.
You could argue that android should have a permission level for apps that need image geolocation but not GPS.
In modern android you do not open files, you use an OS service to get an image, which may or may not come from a file on the device. If you want to open files you need a different permission.
You could argue that android should have a permission level for apps that need image geolocation but not GPS.
One could argue they a reading service should not alter the thing that’s read. Android is not a quantum state!