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*[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/google-search-fixer Addon]

Recently, they started blocking users who enable Desktop-Mode to use Google Lens without the app, saying "Update your browser". Desktop is necessary, because when G Search detects the device is Android, it redirects to the Google app (or Play Store, if not installed)

Recently, they started blocking users who enable Desktop-Mode to use Google Lens without the app, saying "Update your browser". Desktop is necessary, because when G Search detects the device is Android, [[Forced_app_download|it redirects]] to the Google app (or Play Store, if not installed)

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[[User:Rudxain|Rudxain]] ([[User talk:Rudxain|talk]]) 19:10, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

== Glaring mishandling of clear-cut hacking cases ==

So far I have one incident that could be escalated into a paragraph in Google's article if there are any more similar incidents with comparable level of documentation.

TL;DR Google refuses to restore access to a known youtuber's gmail account despite huge public backlash, highly suspicious internet traffic, all conceivable proof of ownership and big public backlash. They even reached out to ask the hacked person to delete their original tweet (for their own safety ofc!) but can't do jack because of an apparently existing loophole that hackers used - claiming the account under the parental control of...itself?

Here are the relevant vids with info on the case

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOz6P91BTzU - the original incident report

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAevKYgCh5s - follow up after public backlash.

Sorry this is my first contribution to this place and I hope you guys can give me pointers on how to convert this info into something more useful and whether it belongs here in the first place. And if it does I'll try to invite the actual victim and the person who made the vids here so that they can cooperate and add more info. Cheers! [[User:Cowbless|Cowbless]] ([[User talk:Cowbless|talk]]) 09:34, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

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 *[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/google-search-fixer Addon]
-Recently, they started blocking users who enable Desktop-Mode to use Google Lens without the app, saying "Update your browser". Desktop is necessary, because when G Search detects the device is Android, it redirects to the Google app (or Play Store, if not installed)
+Recently, they started blocking users who enable Desktop-Mode to use Google Lens without the app, saying "Update your browser". Desktop is necessary, because when G Search detects the device is Android, [[Forced_app_download|it redirects]] to the Google app (or Play Store, if not installed)
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 [[User:Rudxain|Rudxain]] ([[User talk:Rudxain|talk]]) 19:10, 21 January 2026 (UTC)
+== Glaring mishandling of clear-cut hacking cases  ==
+So far I have one incident that could be escalated into a paragraph in Google's article if there are any more similar incidents with comparable level of documentation.
+TL;DR Google refuses to restore access to a known youtuber's gmail account despite huge public backlash, highly suspicious internet traffic, all conceivable proof of ownership and big public backlash. They even reached out to ask the hacked person to delete their original tweet (for their own safety ofc!) but can't do jack because of an apparently existing loophole that hackers used - claiming the account under the parental control of...itself?
+Here are the relevant vids with info on the case
+https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOz6P91BTzU - the original incident report
+https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAevKYgCh5s - follow up after public backlash.
+Sorry this is my first contribution to this place and I hope you guys can give me pointers on how to convert this info into something more useful and whether it belongs here in the first place. And if it does I'll try to invite the actual victim and the person who made the vids here so that they can cooperate and add more info. Cheers!  [[User:Cowbless|Cowbless]] ([[User talk:Cowbless|talk]]) 09:34, 15 March 2026 (UTC)