3 ms·
> revoked LinkedIn's access to my gmail account I honestly don't know what people are thinking while enabling that. No, Seriously?
by lelf 12y ago
> revoked LinkedIn's access to my gmail account
I honestly don't know what people are thinking while enabling that.
No, Seriously?
- hashmymustache 12y agoI don't understand how Gmail allows it. I assume they've gotten enough complaints about it being abused to prohibit or strictly limit access with at least warnings before actions can be taken.
- nostromo 12y agoBecause the "old way" was worse. http://blog.codinghorror.com/please-give-us-your-email-password/ http://blog.codinghorror.com/please-give-us-your-email-passw... I believe Facebook was the first site to ask users for their email passwords -- and to great effect, at least on their growth metrics.
- Scoundreller 12y agoI tried searching Google for "has facebook ever asked for email account logins and passwords?" and couldn't find any proof. Does anyone have a source for this?
- reubenmorais 12y agoThis is what it looked like: http://i.imgur.com/TFQeIBr.png http://i.imgur.com/TFQeIBr.png Whoa, I just looked at the friend finder page and it still does that for some email providers: http://i.imgur.com/bC9xEEM.png http://i.imgur.com/bC9xEEM.png
- zem 12y agoironic that facebook goes after sites that ask for your facebook password.
- JoergR 12y agoVictim blaming much?
- krick 12y agoUntil now I didn't even actually think such people exist. Especially on HN.
- chris_wot 12y agoSeems a bit snarky?