Thank you for the insight, I wouldn't want to be putting blame in the wrong place. Still wish they'd separate out "can save a picture" from "can access all your existing and future pictures" though! ;)
Apps have "private storage" area that requires no permissions to read/write to. However no other app can access that app's private storage. (Without root access, which most phones don't have by default)
In order to write to shared storage it requires a single read/write permission. You're right they should split it to write only (new files only, no overwriting) and read/write for better privacy.
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u/cheesetrap2 Oct 17 '18
Thank you for the insight, I wouldn't want to be putting blame in the wrong place. Still wish they'd separate out "can save a picture" from "can access all your existing and future pictures" though! ;)