Oh my, makes me glad I only used it in the browser so far. That kind of nuisance makes me glad VMs and containers exist.

Maybe it's possible to restrict its access via flatpak or Snap? I have a messenger via flatpak that can't access anything outside the home/Downloads folder, but I can't say whether that restriction applies to other apps as well.

I responded in more detail elsewhere because I hadn't seen your comment yet, but you're not imagining things.