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Not sure what's going on here. But it's the only app listed that is constantly using a sensor.

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[โ€“] plz1@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Report it on the Github. Also, can you disable the motion permission in the OS settings? I'm not an Android user, so I'm not familiar.

https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/issues

[โ€“] FutileRecipe@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

can you disable the motion permission in the OS settings?

Under AOSP and most customs OSes, no. It's not a standard, exposed permission. GrapheneOS does have a toggle for it, though, and I've found most apps don't need sensors.

Sensors permission toggle: disallow access to all other sensors not covered by existing Android permissions (Camera, Microphone, Body Sensors, Activity Recognition) including an accelerometer, gyroscope, compass, barometer, thermometer and any other sensors present on a given device.

https://grapheneos.org/features#sensors-permission-toggle

[โ€“] GlenRambo@jlai.lu 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't have a GitHub account. But it's this git version in using. Maybe the playstote version/fdroid build don't have the issue?

[โ€“] plz1@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Unless you don't want to send Microsoft your personal information.

[โ€“] plz1@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I use a Proton mail account just for this concern. All I did was offer how to get a bug documented in the right place to be fixed. Take it or leave it.