Google blocks access from dolphin/kio-gdrive

[forevernoob]

Hello,

Trying to access google drive from dolphin (arch linux). After entering google account password and confirming on my cellphone, an error message is displayed:

This app is blocked
This app tried to access sensitive info in your Google Account. To keep your account safe, Google blocked this access.

Any clue on how to fix this?

TIA

[johnandmegh]

Hi - there’s an existing thread on this topic where someone has figured out a temporary workaround:

KDE Online Accounts - Not Signing In

1 There is a problem that has been reported by users of Arch and derived distributions. Before entering the password, the user goes to a screen that says: This browser or app is not secure. This problem is in a patch called fake-user-agent.patch in the signon-ui package. It is not a Plasma problem, but I had not found information about the cause of the error anywhere. Repackaging without the patch makes this error disappear. 2 - The second error probably occurs in all distributions. In the las…

And an existing bug report for the topic: 480779 – Can not add Google to Online Accounts anymore using a recent version of signon-ui

Basically, looks like a new client ID will need to be figured out to be used by Plasma’s Online Accounts feature going forward, but there are workarounds possible in the meantime if needed.

Hope that helps,