Improving user safety in OAuth flows through new OAuth Custom URI scheme restrictions
Blog post from Google Cloud
Google is enhancing user security by restricting the use of OAuth 2.0 Custom URI schemes, known to be vulnerable to app impersonation attacks. This change affects new Chrome extensions and Android apps, requiring them to adopt more secure methods for authorization. New Chrome extensions must now use the Chrome Identity API for OAuth, while Android apps are encouraged to utilize the Google Identity Services for Android SDK. Existing configurations remain unaffected, but migration to these new methods is strongly encouraged. Users may encounter "invalid request" errors if unauthorized apps attempt to use the deprecated method, with error details available to both users and developers for troubleshooting.
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