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Re:LineageOS 20 by rkagerer on Sunday January 01, 2023 @06:06AM (#34205399)
Can it stop Google Play Protect from removing permissions on apps you haven't used in a while (while still leaving scanning intact)?

Unlike most people, I pay attention to and carefully configure permissions for my apps when I install them. Only to have Google tear down all that hard work a few months later :-S.

Others also feel this pain:

https://support.google.com/android/thread/159501058/how-do-i...

Not sure why the stock app hasn't got a Disable checkbox for that feature, wondering if there's a LineageOS-friendly equivalent that does.

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Re:LineageOS 20 by dur-randir on Sunday January 01, 2023 @06:59AM (#34205644)
Yeah, I know your pain. What's worse, there is/was bug in some roms/GP versions which reset this setting upon reboot. Ugh.

I don't know how to turn this misfeature off. Lineage just has a generic slider on a per-app basis, but it still requires revisiting each apps' settings page.

It should be possible with lsposed, but I haven't found such a module.

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Re:LineageOS 20 by qwertox on Sunday January 01, 2023 @08:56PM (#34213333)
You can deactivate this feature on a per-app basis.
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Re:LineageOS 20 by josephcsible on Sunday January 01, 2023 @09:01PM (#34213361)
Yes, but you'll have to do it for every app you ever install, one by one.
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Re:LineageOS 20 by rkagerer on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @02:42AM (#34228897)
And unfortunately there's a several seconds long wait for the screen to refresh in between each one (at least on my phone and others' I've seen).
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