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zx8080 ◴[29 Mar 25 23:53 UTC] No.43519828[source]▶

> For extremely specific use cases such as file managers, browsers or antivirus apps, Google grants an exception by allowing QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES permission, which provides full visibility into installed apps.

Why would browser need to enumerate the installed apps?

Why?!

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1. billfruit ◴[30 Mar 25 08:39 UTC] No.43522492[source]▶

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Indeed some of these apps really ask for such expansive set of permissions than they need.

Obsidian for example asks for permission for entire filesystem, while it really needs to access the files which the user needs it to see.

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