Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "R.Wieser" Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: ebook-reader permissions - no explanation given Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 12:24:05 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 12:24:19 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="63358c9a0b0197ea9a48143445c53fae"; logging-data="596146"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+sDzAGy+s3nU7Q17vj5BN59lJj6XW7oe2WVE+3JBG3WA==" Cancel-Lock: sha1:LiYGFTZGQNL2bN+HNA8g/nmZsVI= X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5512 X-Priority: 3 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 Bytes: 2244 Andrew, >> I can understand those READ_MEDIA_* permissions though. EPUB books are >> just HTML files zipped up. > > I'm not sure how the app is working with all those permissions revoked. Just think of those MEDIA thingies as resources loaded by a webpage. Block them, and only the text will be there. Which, for the ebooks I'm reading, isn't a problem. > Also I'm not sure why the app doesn't even *ask* me for any permissions. It probably tries to, but its request gets blocked (your app manager?) before it reaches the OS (which would than show the permissions dialogs). > My suggestion is you install Muntashirakon App Manager I'm first going to see if the Graphene OS already has that covered. I just found something about "storage scopes". Still no idea why it needs that "read phone status and identity" permission though. Lets hope it will work with it blocked. Ah... I just realized it /could/ be to freeze sounds and/or movies inside an ebook when a call comes in. Though in that case that permission is *way* to broad. Regards, Rudy Wieser