Activation from other apps via intent

[n0kovo]

I would like to activate Ripple from another application.

I have tried triggering both .CountDownActivity and .PanicActivity via Activity Manager, but it throws an exception:

$ adb shell am start -n "info.guardianproject.ripple/.CountDownActivity"

Starting: Intent { cmp=info.guardianproject.ripple/.CountDownActivity }
Security exception: Permission Denial: starting Intent { flg=0x10000000
cmp=info.guardianproject.ripple/.CountDownActivity } from null (pid=5461, uid=2000)
not exported from uid 10154

Is this by design? What are the security implications of allowing this? It would be great for other processes to be able to use Ripple as a sort of panic signal router, where the list of receiving applications is managed. In various automation solutions it could mean "if X happens, send panic signal to [apps] via Ripple", which could be very powerful.

Maybe it could be an opt-in option to allow this?

[n0kovo]

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