Comment Comment by yc12340 Versions of Android starting with Android 11 no longer allow anyone to spy on contents of user storage:https://developer.android.com/about/versions/11/privacy/stor...Asking for access to root directory is not allowed. Asking for access to "Downloads" or app-specific external directories is not allowed either.There is an escape hatch:https://www.xda-developers.com/google-file-manager-devs-subm...but it is intended for dedicated file manager apps and requires an application to be manually reviewed by Google. Which hopefully means, that banks and other shady organizations won't qualify. parent yc12340 5 years ago
https://developer.android.com/about/versions/11/privacy/stor...
Asking for access to root directory is not allowed. Asking for access to "Downloads" or app-specific external directories is not allowed either.
There is an escape hatch:
https://www.xda-developers.com/google-file-manager-devs-subm...
but it is intended for dedicated file manager apps and requires an application to be manually reviewed by Google. Which hopefully means, that banks and other shady organizations won't qualify.