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Before 3rd party sign up existed, I remember there were patterns, where the website you have registered had an option to add your "friends". Caveat was that it
by varispeed 4y ago
Before 3rd party sign up existed, I remember there were patterns, where the website you have registered had an option to add your "friends".
Caveat was that it asked for your email and password to your email, so it could download your list of contacts.
Crazy part is a ton of people didn't see a problem with this...
- ilyt 4y ago...Didn't fucking facebook did it at one point ?
- justsomehnguy 4y agoLinkedin. FB probably too, but too lazy to check
- criddell 4y agoClubhouse too. Remember Clubhouse? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25685454 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25685454
- jabroni_salad 4y agothere's a big difference between a permitted contacts api and just giving up your regular gmail password.
- darth_aardvark 4y agoLinkedin was worse. It used the login/pw to send emails to your friends from your email account, inviting them to join Linkedin.