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"login" makes the situation of conflating authentication and authorization worse, not better. "Logging in" can mean either authentication, authentication+autho
by 3np 2y ago
"login" makes the situation of conflating authentication and authorization worse, not better.
"Logging in" can mean either authentication, authentication+authorization, or authorization depending on context.
Specifically, "logging in" does not need to imply authentication. Example: I "log in" to a public WiFi hotspot using a shared password written on the wall. Yet, there is no authentication taking place.