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Many people cannot understand the difference between a browser and an OS or the difference between Firefox and IE. How can we expect them to manage their OAuth
by kwamenum86 17y ago
Many people cannot understand the difference between a browser and an OS or the difference between Firefox and IE. How can we expect them to manage their OAuth tokens? When OAuth was first writtes many SITES did not even have it implemented correctly (Myspace is a notable example.)
In general, having the average naive user administer any aspect of security beyond choosing a "secure" password is a naive expectation. You can't afford to have both parties acting naively when it comes to Internet security. For this (non-naive) audience, managing OAuth tokens makes sense and Twitter can afford to be naive. For the rest of the Internet audience this approach is probably more dangerous than convenient.