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Just to be clear, we simply validate your session by requesting the page with your cookie and seeing if we get a logged in page. We never send your info to any
by unamashana 6y ago
Just to be clear, we simply validate your session by requesting the page with your cookie and seeing if we get a logged in page. We never send your info to any third party.
- linkdd 6y agoYou can claim whatever you want to claim, we unfortunately have no way to ensure that this is true. This is a security hazard, period. While the feature is nice, and I like the design of the notification dropdown, this is a risk I (and probably many) won't take.
- pvg 6y agoFor the purposes of authenticated interactions between HN and the user, you are the third party who now has full access to the user's account. App/extension stores generally take a dim view of/outright prohibit this because of its high abuse potential.
- jjeaff 6y agoI see. That makes more sense. I understood from another post that you were also passing it along to another service.