Fix : This browser or app may not be secure

ankurk91 / google-chat-electron

An unofficial desktop app for Google Chat :electron:

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Fix : This browser or app may not be secure #68

Closed SudoVanilla closed 2 years ago

SudoVanilla commented 2 years ago

macOS (Working):

Linux (Working):

Windows 7 (Working):

SudoVanilla commented 2 years ago

This should fix #52

ankurk91 commented 2 years ago

We are already overriding user agent https://github.com/ankurk91/google-chat-electron/blob/76318c710f4fb8bb17636877b03e83480306e291/src/main/features/userAgent.ts#L7

We are using Firefox user agent string here.

ankurk91 commented 2 years ago

I have merged your commits locally, but with Firefox user agent.

But the issue still not fixed for me, i am still getting same error upon login.

SudoVanilla commented 2 years ago

Uh, the user agent I used works for me. Confirmed on Windows 7, macOS, and Linux.

ankurk91 commented 2 years ago

Follow these steps:

Quit from app completely.
Remove the cache folder of this app; for example on Linux
```
/home/ankur/.config/google-chat-electron
```
Now launch the app, This should be first launch of the app.
Enter your personal gmail address (not an organisation one)
Notice you wont be able to login now.

Looks like google is also checking several other things not just User Agent. There is no easy way to spoof Google.

SudoVanilla commented 2 years ago

Ah I see the issue. I didn't full test.

reureya commented 2 years ago

I "resolved" the issue on my end though, I originally came to this thread from Hamsket:

Follow up: I weirdly got it to work now!

I first tried just reloading the tab and then restarting Hamsket a few times, which didn't help. Then I tried clearing the cache and restarting Hamsket, after which I entered the full email address (including @gmail.com, which I don't think I did before).

Not sure what precisely the magic step was, but probably the clearing the cache, restarting Hamsket, and entering the full address procedure taken together (possibly several times) is a tip worth trying.