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8 years ago Thanks for filing a report. Yes, your issue was caused because you never
actually "selected" an account from the account selection menu. Every time the
menu is opened, the stored account is cleared--a necessary hack, for the
current way accounts are handled. This is, clearly, an inadequate way of
handling the issue, and I will leave this ticket open as a reminder that I need
to fix that in a future release.
Your second concern, if I'm reading this right, is that you're confused about
your account, the server, and your privacy.
Your account is simply a Google Account. Any Google Account should work without
a single problem, provided you select it once added (which I need to fix,
you're right). The only information ever, ever accessed from your account
(stored or otherwise) is your account name (your email address).
The server is a custom App Engine website that acts as a database, and serves
as the "cloud" half of the equation. Your phone logs in (securely, with OAuth;
the website never knows your password), and stores your email address and the
link you're sending. Your browser checks every few seconds, and tells the
website to give it the last link associated with your email address. If the
link is different from the last one the browser opened, the browser opens it.
The privacy policy can be found here:
http://code.google.com/p/android2cloud/wiki/Privacy It is subject to change,
but I do so reluctantly and make every effort to contact every single affected
user before the change takes place.
The one major privacy tool I lack right now is the ability to log into the
website and delete every trace of your account, removing you from the system
entirely. I will make a note to have that included in a later release, as well.
Finally, as for the question on documentation, I must admit that it is
extremely sparse right now. That is a short-coming on my part, and one that I
wish to rectify. I'm stretched a little thin (I'm a student doing this in his
spare time) at the moment, but I'm working on simplifying the custom server
install process so that people can easily launch their own server, and not have
to trust me with their data.
If you're interested in doing so, please don't hesitate to use the Google Group.
Thanks for filing an issue.Original comment by foran.pa...@gmail.com on 5 Aug 2010 at 12:54
- Changed title: Accounts shouldn't need to be selected after being added
- Changed state: Accepted
- Added labels: Component-UI, OS-Android, Usability
Original issue reported on code.google.com by
tse...@gmail.comon 5 Aug 2010 at 12:34