Sensor Automatic Turn off (important)

DanielMicayfan123

Cant we implement a feature which turns off sensors after its being used or after a time set by user
because i always forget to turn off my sensors

intelligence

What's the use case for the feature?

In other words; WHY do you want to disable sensors, and how will this help improve security for GrapheneOS?

DanielMicayfan123

intelligence No like a timer i always forget to turn off camera mic etc so we need a timer

matchboxbananasynergy

There's an option in Settings > Privacy to make sure that sensors are disabled for new apps that you install. A global sensors toggle may come in the future, but that's not certain and there's no ETA on that.

intelligence

DanielMicayfan123 Yes, but WHY?

treequell

Sounds like you want a feature like the Bluetooth and WiFi timeout but extended for Camera and Microphone access.

The recommended way of doing this is instead to just grant the app one-time access to the Camera or Microphone.

https://github.com/GrapheneOS/os-issue-tracker/issues/1718

We recommend granting one-time access for user installed apps instead of ever granting allow while in use access to them. It's handled nicely by the permission system itself without needing the toggles. We don't currently plan on adding automatic disabling for camera/microphone/location since that handles it well and apps could keep these active by accessing them repeatedly so timeout wouldn't really work as intended. It could be bypassed any time it was ever actually particularly needed. Consider installing an app that runs a foreground service and continues using camera/microphone after you grant access. As long as it accesses frequently enough, it will never time out.

DanielMicayfan123

treequell when its needed then a propt asking for the permission shall appear?

GrapheneOS

treequell It wouldn't make sense to implement a similar timeout feature since apps using it would keep it enabled. There are already one time permission grants. The reason it's not available for the Sensors toggle is because it's not a standard Android permission and therefore apps don't know how to request it.

DanielMicayfan123

intelligence i forget to turn them off and while there on im spied on

treequell

DanielMicayfan123 Exactly. Try it for yourself. There are a number of apps I fetch location, camera and microphone with one-time access only.

And you can always check the privacy manager in Settings to see recent requests for these permissions for peace of mind.

treequell

And don't forget the green circle in top right when one of these permissions is being used. There are really a lot of ways you can control and monitor which apps are using which permissions when without needing to turn off the permission globally.