Well I have Android 7 and termux works in the way you described at first: I have write access to the private directory for termux on the sdcard but nothing else

Well I have Android 7 and termux works in the way you described at first: I have write access to the private directory for termux on the sdcard but nothing else... other applications can access every DIR in sdclard due implements SAF: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/providers/document-provider https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/providers/documen... and I think this what termux doc refers to.