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So IFTTT, a good service, and if memory serves an HN poster, is being banned from Google. This should be a sign to move away from Google, yes?
by Endy 8y ago
So IFTTT, a good service, and if memory serves an HN poster, is being banned from Google. This should be a sign to move away from Google, yes?
- jasonvorhe 8y agoNo. GMail gave people the option of giving full access to their Gmail's mails with the user's consent. This was discovered and made up to be a scandal (people who shouldn't be able to can read your Gmail) which it wasn't. GMail then decided that the API is too dangerous to allow any 3rd party to use it, because once you grant access to someone, your GMail's security is bound to the 3rd party's security. The sensible thing to do was to make the scope of access more clear while granting access to the 3rd party as well as making sure the 3rd party is following security best practices. I don't see how this is Google's fault.