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It's great to see a company's API lead engaging in a discussion like this. I feel like he's missing the point of the critics, though. OAuth may not solve the ph
by ivey 18y ago
It's great to see a company's API lead engaging in a discussion like this. I feel like he's missing the point of the critics, though. OAuth may not solve the phishing problem, but it has demonstrable advantages over handing out your passwords:
- finer grained levels of access
- ability to block one app without blocking the others
- ability for Twitter to block an app entirely, across the userbase, if it misbehaves