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From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject: Re: ebook-reader permissions - no explanation given
Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 14:54:04 +0200
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On 2024-05-28 13:37, Andrew wrote:
> 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.


Did you try to make annotations?

If it has dictionary, did you use it?

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.