• muzzle@lemmy.zip
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    2 days ago

    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.

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      1 day ago

      One could argue they a reading service should not alter the thing that’s read. Android is not a quantum state!