Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Andrew Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: ebook-reader permissions - no explanation given Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 11:37:05 -0000 (UTC) Organization: BWH Usenet Archive (https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com) Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 11:37:05 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com; logging-data="87761"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blueworldhosting.com" Cancel-Lock: sha1:9PhCus7VH1KbeuyuVYLhWIh/A0w= sha256:Ftta0k8n50a6R0+epUG4OWII1nr4VvvwdlSG4fx7wEM= sha1:AZqbrvDej0iQxCxZ7bN5oXwRKsI= sha256:Vp6uiluNa7XmR6m/d5GQSvPEgirYVAUoFJgPWK9AOu8= X-Newsreader: PiaoHong.Usenet.Client.Free:1.65 Bytes: 2792 Lines: 33 R.Wieser wrote on Tue, 28 May 2024 12:24:05 +0200 : >> 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. I'm not sure what was happening, but it may be important to note that I downloaded the epub files from Windows and merely copied them to the sdcard, where, without asking for permissions, the epub reader found them. >> 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). I don't know. There was no request for permissions, and yet, the epub reader found the EPUB & PDF files on a folder on my external sdcard. >> 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. It was odd that no permissions were ever requested, but that's why I would like others to test it out as maybe it's just the way my Android is set up.