Outh code / simulated Hangouts device seemed to be used for requesting archive from Google account
nekromoff opened this issue · comments
I disabled it, but still a weird message from Google received.
Unknown device shown to have requested the archive. Unknown device equals Oauth device for Pidgin Hangouts.
#security
The hangouts plugin shows up as "purple-hangouts on ios", rather than as an unknown device.
I'm not sure how to trigger a Google account checkout using the hangouts APIs, or whether that's even possible. Do you have two-factor auth enabled on your account? Does the Google security page say you're logged in from somewhere else?
Well, the funny thing was, that it actually showed the same location as I
am at. I have 2FA enabled for sure. It might as well be some Google bug as
another archive was just recently exported for me. But it showed as a
different request. Weird.
And I know it used show as an iOS device before.
Anyway, maybe it's not the best to even authorize a simulated device that
will have access to lots of peoples' hangout contacts in the developers
console (I understand your key/simulated device gets the access through the
developer's console). I will have to rethink the use of it, specifically
since Hangouts are going to be phased out soon and replaced by Google Chat.