Re:Meta might be secretly scanning your phone's camera roll
by fn-mote on Friday August 29, 2025 @03:41PM
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By "needs" I take it that you mean "is programmed in such a way to require" and not that the permissions are required to do the job you are asking of it?
Re:Meta might be secretly scanning your phone's camera roll
by m463 on Friday August 29, 2025 @11:13PM
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ios allows the following permissions for your phone photo library:
- no access
- add photos only - can add photos to the library, but not access photos in the library
- limited access- the app can only access the photos you select
- full access - the app can access everything
Canon used to allow limited access. Now it refuses to work without full access to your photo library.
Honestly, it should allow any of those.
It used to just need to add to it.
this means - an external camera that wants to just add photos to the photo roll needs full access to all photos.