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Only some can be blocked. Unfortunately Android still groups permissions together, and all related permissions must be enabled or disabled as a block. (For inst
by iamnothere 10y ago
Only some can be blocked. Unfortunately Android still groups permissions together, and all related permissions must be enabled or disabled as a block. (For instance, storage read and write permissions are technically separate, but they are placed together in a single "storage" group.)
Most (all?) permissions in the catch-all "other" group cannot be disabled at all.
- nitrogen 10y agoOne of the interesting irrevocable permissions in that "Other" group is full network access, so any app can portscan your network or try to hack your IoT devices. Bluetooth pairing is also in Other. The Android permission model is terrible. What ever happened to Intents? Shouldn't photo sharing be a simple Intent rather than requiring a new UI and storage permissions for every single app?
- angry_octet 10y agoCan I suggest a nice program called NetGuard? But yes, and this is a deliberate Google policy, also like the don't want ad blocking programs. You are an input to their revenue generating system, not a client.