Slack photo picker ignores limited photo library access on iOS
iOS users who grant Slack access to only selected photos for privacy find they cannot attach older photos to posts, because the photo picker conflates permission management with media selection. Tapping view library opens the iOS permission settings screen instead of a browsable library. Users are blocked from attaching any photo not in the recent recents list without granting full photo access.
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