Here’s an example of how large companies abuse their power to push back against these privacy guards.
iOS has the ability to share your photos with an app in a special “picker” where you select the pics you want to share and then they’re sent to the app. The app can’t see the picker so it only has access to the photos you explicitly share.
WhatsApp deliberately ignores this integration path and gives you a choice of either manually choosing more photos to share each time, then selecting them a second time. Or sharing all photos forever, which most users will eventually choose because the friction of the first one is so massive. It’s done cynically and deliberately so they can have access to all your photographs. I shudder to think for what purpose.
iOS has the ability to share your photos with an app in a special “picker” where you select the pics you want to share and then they’re sent to the app. The app can’t see the picker so it only has access to the photos you explicitly share.
WhatsApp deliberately ignores this integration path and gives you a choice of either manually choosing more photos to share each time, then selecting them a second time. Or sharing all photos forever, which most users will eventually choose because the friction of the first one is so massive. It’s done cynically and deliberately so they can have access to all your photographs. I shudder to think for what purpose.