gohohn

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   by gohohn 4y ago

   That is true. But then many people put a lot of trust in the major providers in many other areas too, such as hosting their private files and email, holding card payment information, and so on.
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   by gohohn 4y ago

   The only extra information you would be volunteering is that you signed in to a specific website. In most cases, this is not really a big deal.
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   by gohohn 4y ago

   The only information they would receive is that you signed in to a specific website.
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   by gohohn 4y ago

   Another method is to delegate the registration and login flow to external providers, using OAuth. If you have to log in to a website via one of Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc. then, if implemented properly, there's no way of
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   by gohohn 4y ago

   It's a reference to silicon, the element with atomic number 14. Makes sense that it would be used by more than one company.