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While OAuth isn't "for" authentication, everyone uses it that way by "authorizing" access to "view your email address" which is as good as authenticating your e
by superuser2 11y ago
While OAuth isn't "for" authentication, everyone uses it that way by "authorizing" access to "view your email address" which is as good as authenticating your email address.
- balls187 11y agoCan you link to implementations that use OAuth in such a manner? Login with FB, Google, Github, Twitter, etc different systems, separate from OAuth.
- cpitman 11y agoGitHub How To: https://developer.github.com/guides/basics-of-authentication/ https://developer.github.com/guides/basics-of-authentication... And the OpenID Connect standard (essentially OAuth V2 + identity service): http://openid.net/connect/ http://openid.net/connect/