They won't be storing the email password in cleartext. They would probably be using reversible encryption. Here's how Mint.com stores your banking credentials:

They won't be storing the email password in cleartext. They would probably be using reversible encryption. Here's how Mint.com stores your banking credentials: https://www.quora.com/How-do-mint-com-and-similar-websites-avoid-storing-passwords-in-plain-text https://www.quora.com/How-do-mint-com-and-similar-websites-a... I assume LinkedIn Intro would be using a similar technique.