When I go to attach a photo for whatsapp, it somehow has access to photos outside the storage scope I specified and internal storage. When I click attach picture is that graphene os displaying all my photos to chose from and the ones I do are sent to whatsapp or is this whatsapp browsing my filesystem for photos and asking me which ones to send?
Whatsapp Has Access Outside Storage Scope?
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This is the OS allowing you to choose a file to allow WhatsApp to access, one time.
Storage scopes limit what files apps can access on their own, without any user interaction.
Probably9857 Sweet, Graphene OS for the win. Added security without compromising user experience
asadnokhan786 Sweet, Graphene OS for the win.
The file-picker service is a part of standard Android. Storage scopes are the GrapheneOS addition (when it comes to file access).