Autoblock Camera/Mic permissions after usage/app is closed

remarco

Hello, I am sure this has probably been brought up already and I am sorry if it was but I'd find it extremely valuable when, say, after a videocall with someone the Camera and Microphone would be set to off automatically or network access could be automatically revoked after you're finished browsing reddit for example.

GrapheneOS

This is already supported by granting access one time instead of granting persistent access. It automatically revokes access a short time after the app stops being used. This is already supported. You don't need the global toggles, you can just avoid granting persistent access via the permissions in the first place. The global toggles for camera, microphone and location aren't very useful features if you're strict with permissions and are overly broad ways of controlling them if you aren't.

remarco

What about the Network permission, there is no such 'Allow only one time' or 'Allow while in use' option but rather a yes/no that apply for all the time. I hear some apps communicate between each other by setting up local servers and passing each other our data there.

GrapheneOS

remarco Network access isn't time-based in the same sense and this will not work for trying to stop apps exfiltrating data. It's a misguided approach. It's also not needed for apps within a profile to communicate.

remarco

Thinking of which, apps have shitloads of ways of passing data between each other (clipboard, intents, broadcasts and so on). Autoclearing the clipboard as a system feature would be awesome! I guess the road ahead is still long... But I am happy with GrapheneOS so far. Thanks for your work