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I'm wondering if it is viable to activate storage scopes instead of full disk access to Aurora Store. I'm never comfortable with the idea of apps having full disk access, I feel like it's unnecessarily expanding the attack surface.

I suppose that if I want Aurora to still be able to tell me when my apps need updating, I need to give it access to some specific folders though, right? Does anyone know which ones?

Thanks a lot in advance.

    bayerelm Give it storage scopes and don't add any folders.

    In the next version, Aurora Store will stop having the all files permission be mandatory. It needs it for two things:

    1. Installing games that use OBB files
    2. Saving app downloads to a specific folder instead of the app itself (not necessarily desirable)

    For point number 1, on GrapheneOS, you can grant an app access to the OBB folder without giving it storage permissions. To do that, you can go to Settings > Apps > Aurora Store > Install unknown apps > Allow access to Android/obb folder.

    TL;DR there's no real reason to grant Aurora Store a very invasive permission, and they realize that too, hence why they're making it optional soon.

      2 months later

      In my humble opinion, Aurora store (as of version 4.2.3.45) does not need any specific files permissions at all (even storage scope has no added value for this app). Network / Sensors / Notifications permissions are enough.
      You just have to go in Aurora's Settings / Downloads and uncheck "User external storage".
      (Edit : Even if I have no apps that need it for now, I'll follow the advice in previous post about granting access to "Android/obb" folder)