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Re:Ask HN: How do I prove that a certain Gmail account does ... by plorntus on Thursday July 05, 2018 @07:22PM (#17467716)
You could check to see if the password is stored in the keychain app. Open it up, browse around and double click the row if you find it. Then you can view the stored password by clicking the show password button.
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Re:Ask HN: How do I prove that a certain Gmail account does ... by sam_goody on Friday July 06, 2018 @05:58AM (#17470173)
I checked. There are many keys labelled com.apple.account.Google.oauth-token and similar, and even two "Google Authentication Tokens", but none that have a usable password.

So kudos, I guess, on the better security. But not useful when ten years+ of relying on "the cloud" suddenly gets slammed on your face!

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