Needed: a mechanism to use alternate credentials to access gmail (read-only)

[ericlowry]

When you sign into google with gnome, the set of permission you grant gnome is crazy:

• Read, compose, send, and permanently delete all your email from Gmail
• See, edit, create, and delete all of your Google Drive files
• View, edit, delete, and manage your Google Cloud Print printers and print jobs
• See, edit, download, and permanently delete your contacts
• See, edit, create, and delete your spreadsheets in Google Drive
• See, edit, share, and permanently delete all the calendars you can access using Google Calendar
• Manage your photos and videos
• Create, edit, organize, and delete all your tasks

My whole world is in google, I don't trust the gnome desktop enough to give them enough permissions to ruin my life. I would like a configuration file where I can store a gmail read-only access token in order to get mail notifications... I know that prob. sounds paranoid, but... I am a little paranoid when it comes to this.

Is this a feature that makes sense to implement?

Thanks for taking the time to develop and maintain such a useful gnome extension.

Eric

[shumingch]

I think you can modify these permissions within Online Accounts settings. If this is not sufficient, make a feature request with Gnome Online Accounts.