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Re:When an app asks for permissions, it should have a “feed ... by post-it on Saturday July 08, 2023 @01:01PM (#36646295)
The technical solution is to make the output of having denied permission identical to the output of there being no data. On iOS, if you deny permission to access devices on the local network, the app has no way of knowing - it just sees that there are no devices available.
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Re:When an app asks for permissions, it should have a “feed ... by leshenka on Saturday July 08, 2023 @02:51PM (#36647516)
> being no data

"but sure you have photos on your phone, if your phone tells me there aren't any then it's lying"

Yeah, fake data. I remember there was an Android Xposed(?) mod that did that, was quite funny to see heaps of fake names in contact list

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Re:When an app asks for permissions, it should have a “feed ... by zzo38computer on Sunday July 09, 2023 @01:29AM (#36651820)
But it is possible to not have photos on your phone, e.g. if it is a new one, or if you prefer to use a separate camera, or you are not the person to take pictures.
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