Re: ebook-reader permissions - no explanation given

R.Wieser wrote on Tue, 28 May 2024 12:24:05 +0200 :
 

I'm not sure how the app is working with all those permissions revoked.

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Just think of those MEDIA thingies as resources loaded by a webpage.  Block
them, and only the text will be there. Which, for the ebooks I'm reading,
isn't a problem.

 I'm not sure what was happening, but it may be important to note that I
downloaded the epub files from Windows and merely copied them to the
sdcard, where, without asking for permissions, the epub reader found them.
 

Also I'm not sure why the app doesn't even *ask* me for any permissions.

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It probably tries to, but its request gets blocked (your app manager?)
before it reaches the OS (which would than show the permissions dialogs).

 I don't know. There was no request for permissions, and yet, the epub
reader found the EPUB & PDF files on a folder on my external sdcard.
 

My suggestion is you install Muntashirakon App Manager

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I'm first going to see if the Graphene OS already has that covered.  I just
found something about "storage scopes".
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Still no idea why it needs that "read phone status and identity" permission
though. Lets hope it will work with it blocked.
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Ah...  I just realized it /could/ be to freeze sounds and/or movies inside
an ebook when a call comes in.  Though in that case that permission is *way*
to broad.

 It was odd that no permissions were ever requested, but that's why I would
like others to test it out as maybe it's just the way my Android is set up.