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by atq2119 29 days ago
Sure, that's the main challenge with building good sandboxing systems. But it's not actually that hard to do when the will to do it is there.

For example, Android already allows you to give apps restricted access to your media. My understanding of the way it works is that the resulting interface for picking photos etc. is not under the control of the app. The app only receives whatever file you picked.