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Re:The Data Transfer Project by e9 on Saturday July 21, 2018 @12:44AM (#17580722)
That looks pretty scary actually. If mishandled, it will enable someone to steal all of your information from all the platforms.
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Re:The Data Transfer Project by d4l3k on Saturday July 21, 2018 @12:50AM (#17580735)
I assume it requires credentials for each platform, so it doesn't enable anything that they wouldn't already have access to if they could log in to every single one of your accounts.
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Re:The Data Transfer Project by c0p on Saturday July 21, 2018 @01:32AM (#17580833)
It requires credentials, but with a standard format/protocol it means extraction is easier for someone who might happen to acquire such credentials with nefarious intent.
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