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FFS. Their site says "Login with Facebook" so I try. Apparently all this does is give them access to your Facebook profile, it doesn't actually give you an ac

FFS. Their site says "Login with Facebook" so I try. Apparently all this does is give them access to your Facebook profile, it doesn't actually give you an account on Nextdoor. You still have to provide your email address and establish a password. In other words, even their signup page contains a scam, designed to steal your friends list. And I'm supposed to trust this site with anything? Fuck no.

rx4g 12y ago
It also gives you a chance, on subsequent logins, to just login using your FB account. Not that uncommon.
- morgante 12y ago
  > It also gives you a chance, on subsequent logins, to just login using your FB account. Not that uncommon. Then why the heck does it ask for a password? If I use FB login, the primary benefit is not having to track another password.
onedev 12y ago
The FB access is just for authentication and easy login as well as profile picture. In no way does the website have access to your friends list.... I think your definition of scam is a bit off...because every app in the app store would be qualified as a "scam".
- thrownaway2424 12y ago
  When a Facebook connected app or site has access to "your profile" that includes your friends list. Anyway as I can see that you failed to read for comprehension I must reiterate that allowing next-door to read your Facebook profile in no way authenticates you to the site, nor does it provide them with your profile picture.
  - mynewwork 12y ago
    Slight correction - it has access to your friends who have also used the facebook login for that site. If you're the first person to login, the site will get an empty list. Only the set of your friends who have previously used the service, will show up if the service queries fb for your friends.
- arjie 12y ago
  I was confused by this too. It said 'Or Login With Facebook' but when I clicked that it only turned into 'Facebook connected' and I still had to enter an email and password. That was confusing and I considered stopping. I went through with it anyway, but that part was strange. Why do you do that?
blueskin_ 12y ago
When is "Login with Facebook" ever not a scam? I agree it's a good marker for "This site probably shouldn't be trusted with personal data" though.

rx4g 12y ago

It also gives you a chance, on subsequent logins, to just login using your FB account. Not that uncommon.

morgante 12y ago
> It also gives you a chance, on subsequent logins, to just login using your FB account. Not that uncommon. Then why the heck does it ask for a password? If I use FB login, the primary benefit is not having to track another password.

onedev 12y ago

The FB access is just for authentication and easy login as well as profile picture. In no way does the website have access to your friends list.... I think your definition of scam is a bit off...because every app in the app store would be qualified as a "scam".

thrownaway2424 12y ago
When a Facebook connected app or site has access to "your profile" that includes your friends list. Anyway as I can see that you failed to read for comprehension I must reiterate that allowing next-door to read your Facebook profile in no way authenticates you to the site, nor does it provide them with your profile picture.
- mynewwork 12y ago
  Slight correction - it has access to your friends who have also used the facebook login for that site. If you're the first person to login, the site will get an empty list. Only the set of your friends who have previously used the service, will show up if the service queries fb for your friends.
arjie 12y ago
I was confused by this too. It said 'Or Login With Facebook' but when I clicked that it only turned into 'Facebook connected' and I still had to enter an email and password. That was confusing and I considered stopping. I went through with it anyway, but that part was strange. Why do you do that?

blueskin_ 12y ago

When is "Login with Facebook" ever not a scam? I agree it's a good marker for "This site probably shouldn't be trusted with personal data" though.