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Re:Meta might be secretly scanning your phone's camera roll by merelysounds on Friday August 29, 2025 @09:25AM (#45063816)
For what it’s worth, iOS does warn when an app has full access to the photo library for a while. E.g.:

> "WhatsApp" has been able to access your entire photo library for 6 months. Do you want to continue to allow full access?

Screenshots: https://macreports.com/app-has-been-able-to-access-your-enti...

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Re:Meta might be secretly scanning your phone's camera roll by h1fra on Friday August 29, 2025 @10:15AM (#45064439)
Yes, but it's not clear to a regular user that an app can access this camera roll without a user's input.
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Re:Meta might be secretly scanning your phone's camera roll by 0xffff2 on Friday August 29, 2025 @01:20PM (#45066866)
That just tells you that it has the permission. It doesn't give you any information about how the app is actually using the permission does it?
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