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But why are those more secure than other passwords? How can they know that this 1992 app is the app it claims to be?
by mcv 3y ago
But why are those more secure than other passwords? How can they know that this 1992 app is the app it claims to be?
- londons_explore 3y agoBecause for the user account, people use things like "hunter2". But app specific passwords are long random strings unlikely to be reused by the user for another site.
- mcv 3y agoMy Gmail password is also long and not reused anywhere. My impression was that it's the app itself that Google doesn't trust, in which case, why trust it with that app-specific password? Can the app-specific password still get leaked and reused if the app is compromised?
- joshuamorton 3y agoSure but Google doesn't know that, and app passwords are a way to functionally ensure no password reuse.
- MikusR 3y agoWhat do you mean by things like "*******"? Seven asterisks?