Wednesday, 30 May 2018

Google "glitch" turns your search request into a page showing your text messages

A Reddit user employing Google search on his Pixel 2 XL, accidentally typed an extra period into the Google search bar and received a surprise. Instead of a search result, he received a page showing his text messages. The Redditor typed "the1975..com" complete with the extra period. The page that popped up is exactly the same one that appears if you ask Google to "show me my text messages." The app must have the proper permissions to view the text messages, which users can disable if they want to by going to Settings > Apps > Google >App permissions and tapping the toggle to revoke ...

from PhoneArena https://ift.tt/2Jgi5Za

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