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It'd be nice they allowed secondary passwords for eg google talk. I don't much care for having to hand out my full credentials just to use things like bitlbee/m
by beoba 16y ago
It'd be nice they allowed secondary passwords for eg google talk. I don't much care for having to hand out my full credentials just to use things like bitlbee/meebo.
- cwb71 16y agoWell, these services should be using OAuth by now anyway and we should not be encouraging them if they don’t. That said, check out the “application-specific passwords” part of this offering. It may do just what you need.
- beoba 16y agoYeah, apparently they're going to have it for imap, but I'm hoping they include gtalk in there too.
- Matt_Cutts 16y agoYou can generate application-specific passwords and then see/revoke those passwords on your google.com/accounts page.
- travisp 16y agoAre these "application-specific" passwords limited in any way? For example, if one of them is stolen without my knowledge, can the attacker fully access my Google account (e.g. account settings, all Google services, etc.)? Obviously it's less likely that one of these passwords will be stolen than passwords, but it's still possible. From the screenshots (don't have access yet) it seems that you don't get to specify the type of application or access, but I would assume there is some limitation on what you can do with these passwords?
- Matt_Cutts 16y agoGood question. I think app-specific passwords have full access.
- beoba 16y agoIf that's the case, what are they for?