Comment by jeremyjh
14 hours ago
I don't think any long-term implicit consent is acceptable. I would not expect that after opening one document in a folder without being shown any permission prompt, that permissions have been permanently altered. I would never even go look to see if it was "implicitly permitted".
Without a prompt or notice, I would expect only that the app has access to the file or directory I chose until the app is closed/quit.
Why should the permission even persist that long? You might leave that app running for the next two years.
Shouldn't a temporary access be temporary? Possibly scoped by time? Possibly scoped to a single access?
Because the app may generate more than one descriptor for it or perform more than one read or write operation in the normal course of usage. If I open a document, and come back to it 6 hours later and click the save button, I would expect it to save the document.
How would the app be able to reopen the file then?
It would ask for permission.
Every time you relaunch the app?
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