Keybase app opened by updater without user requesting it
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Description
The app appears to be able to spontaneously open itself and attempt to install a helper tool. This behaviour doesn't feel that great as an end-user. It's a little spyware-y.
From looking at my console log, it seems the keybase updater is responsible for this. I think at least on OS X you should show some kind of alert indicating an update in notification center, rather than just launching the app and interrupting whatever the user was doing at that moment in time.
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Research direction
Start by tracing the Keybase updater behavior on OS X and reviewing the console log around the app launch and helper-tool installation. Compare the current user interruption with the requested notification-center update flow; done means the updater no longer opens the app without a request and communicates updates appropriately.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go, macos
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100