- MAC address tracking (RTS packets thrwart MAC randomization[0], not immediately clear if WiFi is fully off[1])
- All-or-nothing access to photos on the phone (append-only for apps that request it)
Discord in particular is bad for the photo permission, as I don't trust China's Tencent with access to all the photos on my phone (which can include lots of frequent location information!), but pasting images doesn't work in the app.
I had assumed the "Photos" permission meant "permission to prompt this dialogue" and "permission to save to Camera Roll".
- MAC address tracking (RTS packets thrwart MAC randomization[0], not immediately clear if WiFi is fully off[1])
- All-or-nothing access to photos on the phone (append-only for apps that request it)
Discord in particular is bad for the photo permission, as I don't trust China's Tencent with access to all the photos on my phone (which can include lots of frequent location information!), but pasting images doesn't work in the app.
I had assumed the "Photos" permission meant "permission to prompt this dialogue" and "permission to save to Camera Roll".
[0] https://arxiv.org/pdf/1703.02874v1.pdf [1] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208086