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Great! Now, one more thing I’d like to have added: get rid of photo library access and separate this into several permissions: - write access - read access (a

by WA 7y ago

Great! Now, one more thing I’d like to have added: get rid of photo library access and separate this into several permissions: - write access - read access (all photos) - read access (through a special iOS picker that acts as a middle man) The longer people have their phones, the more photos they have. And with them a whole lot of meta data such as location etc. I simply don’t trust most apps these days that they really don’t touch any of that data. Of course, you can already "share" a photo with an app, but this doesn’t let you change a profile picture in Instagram for example. The cynical person might say: why not stop using these apps in the first place? Because it’s difficult to say who is exploiting photo library access and who is not. Does VSCO do it? I’d think they have no interest, but it’s too much based on trust vs. something I can control.

jorvi 7y ago
Yes, this is actually one of my biggest peeves. iOS 13 takes a good step in the right direction by creating 'only once' permissions, but I'd also like it to be 'only this photo' (or perhaps iOS already does this if an app uses the standard photo picker?)
- kennywinker 7y ago
  No, full photo access is required for an app to pick photos using the standard picker (as of iOS 12 anyway). I also wish they would separate these. I think it’s a legacy thing, since the photo picker pre-dates the remote-view-controller stuff used to isolate apps from system views (first seen when they introduced the in-app “safari view controller” thing)
berti 7y ago
> The longer people have their phones, the more photos they have. And with them a whole lot of meta data such as location etc. Stripping location metadata before handing photos off to apps would be nice too.
- tinus_hn 7y ago
  IOS does this for apps that don't have photo library permissions and use the system photo picker.
inapis 7y ago
This is something I've been wishing for too! Apple does have this differentiation in permissions but it leaves it to the developers to ask for and respect. This permission should be akin to the location permission - enforced and differentiated by the OS and not the dev.
acqq 7y ago
And the same with contacts! I should be able to select the minimum of contacts that some app sees. And also to narrow down which fields of all possible contact fields.

by WA 7y ago

jorvi 7y ago

Yes, this is actually one of my biggest peeves. iOS 13 takes a good step in the right direction by creating 'only once' permissions, but I'd also like it to be 'only this photo' (or perhaps iOS already does this if an app uses the standard photo picker?)

kennywinker 7y ago
No, full photo access is required for an app to pick photos using the standard picker (as of iOS 12 anyway). I also wish they would separate these. I think it’s a legacy thing, since the photo picker pre-dates the remote-view-controller stuff used to isolate apps from system views (first seen when they introduced the in-app “safari view controller” thing)

berti 7y ago

> The longer people have their phones, the more photos they have. And with them a whole lot of meta data such as location etc. Stripping location metadata before handing photos off to apps would be nice too.

tinus_hn 7y ago
IOS does this for apps that don't have photo library permissions and use the system photo picker.

inapis 7y ago

This is something I've been wishing for too! Apple does have this differentiation in permissions but it leaves it to the developers to ask for and respect. This permission should be akin to the location permission - enforced and differentiated by the OS and not the dev.

acqq 7y ago

And the same with contacts! I should be able to select the minimum of contacts that some app sees. And also to narrow down which fields of all possible contact fields.