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Re:Facebook apologizes to users for Apple’s monstrous effort... by Causality1 on Thursday August 27, 2020 @11:10AM (#24294442)
Though it's bizarre to me what permissions require a pop-up and which don't. You think all you've granted is, say, looking at files, then you check the actual granular list and there's a dozen different ones including internet access.
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Re:Facebook apologizes to users for Apple’s monstrous effort... by nitrogen on Thursday August 27, 2020 @04:43PM (#24298418)
Making full network access a mandatory always-on permission was a huge security mistake IMO. Every app can port scan your network, and probably some do as part of fingerprinting (some websites do at least, and I assume apps are more brazen).
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Re:Facebook apologizes to users for Apple’s monstrous effort... by efreak on Saturday August 29, 2020 @04:48AM (#24314716)
It's not mandatory, it's just incredibly common. There's also an untoggleable permission to allow viewing network access by other apps.
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