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I received a warning messages from Google a couple of days ago. GMail is no longer supporting password-based login or special privileges for third-party apps. I
by jstrebel 5y ago
I received a warning messages from Google a couple of days ago.
GMail is no longer supporting password-based login or special privileges for third-party apps. If your email client wants to access your GMail account, it must support OAuth2, so that it can use Google's own authentication service. For example, Mozilla Thunderbird works just fine (I tested it); I read that the latest versions of MS Outlook are also fine.
For me, this is a high motivation to get rid of my GMail accounts, and move to some real, privacy-friendly email provider.
- HWR_14 5y agoThank you. Does OAuth2 have any privacy implications itself, allowing Google to know more about your machine, or are you moving because of the trend in general? And it seems that iPhones already defaulted to OAuth2 for new connections?