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Re:Platform Tilt by naitgacem on Friday January 19, 2024 @11:32PM (#39064697)
I think this is disingenuous. we can already import contacts and other sensitive data with no "privacy leak". they're not requiring unvetted import functionality, from the issue:

  Android is able to mediate access to other sensitive data with user consent.
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Re:Platform Tilt by johanbcn on Saturday January 20, 2024 @04:05AM (#39065844)
Yeah, but that means all major browsers agreeing on a standard, and we all know how that goes.
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Re:Platform Tilt by naitgacem on Sunday January 21, 2024 @01:07AM (#39076047)
Doesn't have to be all major browsers. Android itself can mediate this. we already have that for other types of data. apps can request to read SMS or your contacts, these are called `ContentProvider`s.
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