Google staff can push arbitrary intents to my phone without my consent #72

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fergalmoran · 2025-08-09T16:56:25Z

fergalmoran commented

2025-08-09 16:56:25 +00:00

Originally created by @GoogleCodeExporter on 1/3/2016

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Be me.
2. Have a Cory Doctorow short story start playing without your consent.
3. Be peeved.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

I'd expect at the very least a dialog to show up asking if I accept the intent. 
It stopped being funny the second time.

What version of the android, in Settings -> About phone -> Build number (
ex. FRFxx ) ? If less than FRF50 - see the FAQ.
GWK74

Is the phone using WiFi or mobile network when problem occurs ? If Wifi,
are you behind a firewall that blocks outgoing connections ?
Usually mobile network

Can you open "Gmail" application ? Do you see new messages without hitting
'refresh' ?

Yes.
Can you open "Talk" application ? Do you see incoming chats ?
I think so, don't really use Talk at all. Facebook and Gmail push seems to work 
though.

Context in screenshot.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by echono...@gmail.com on 18 Oct 2012 at 8:32

Attachments:

[Screenshot from 2012-10-18 13:32:32.png](https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-attachments/chrometophone/issue-465/comment-0/Screenshot from 2012-10-18 13:32:32.png)

*Originally created by @GoogleCodeExporter on 1/3/2016* ``` What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. Be me. 2. Have a Cory Doctorow short story start playing without your consent. 3. Be peeved. What is the expected output? What do you see instead? I'd expect at the very least a dialog to show up asking if I accept the intent. It stopped being funny the second time. What version of the android, in Settings -> About phone -> Build number ( ex. FRFxx ) ? If less than FRF50 - see the FAQ. GWK74 Is the phone using WiFi or mobile network when problem occurs ? If Wifi, are you behind a firewall that blocks outgoing connections ? Usually mobile network Can you open "Gmail" application ? Do you see new messages without hitting 'refresh' ? Yes. Can you open "Talk" application ? Do you see incoming chats ? I think so, don't really use Talk at all. Facebook and Gmail push seems to work though. Context in screenshot. ``` Original issue reported on code.google.com by `echono...@gmail.com` on 18 Oct 2012 at 8:32 Attachments: - [Screenshot from 2012-10-18 13:32:32.png](https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-attachments/chrometophone/issue-465/comment-0/Screenshot from 2012-10-18 13:32:32.png)

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Reference: fergalmoran/chrometophone#72