Comment on How is everyone dealing with Android 17's "Nearby Devices" change?
superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days agoHow is this added permission not a good thing? Surely adding a local network only permission is a positive, you can allow apps internet permission and decline them access to your local services.
curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 4 days ago
The permission structure sucks.
Its a silent drop (no errors are returned), webview breaks connected to WiFi even without a local resource being requested, it lives inside nearby_devices so giving permission there includes this (and gives a broader spectrum of access such as Bluetooth and WiFi).
Its just shuffling the problem around.
Also, fuck Google.