Re:Tell HN: Google removing Gmail access from IFTTT
by supermatt on Friday March 22, 2019 @06:24AM
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i can’t tell if this is snark, but as an app developer, i have considered facebook login as a means for a relatively frictionless user experience, not as a way for me to gain access to a users facebook account.
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Re:Tell HN: Google removing Gmail access from IFTTT
by nindalf on Friday March 22, 2019 @06:29AM
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No no, if you added social login to your app it's because you're evil. You want to monetize your users, selling their data like it's 2014. You're literally Cambridge Analytica. /s
Re:Tell HN: Google removing Gmail access from IFTTT
by acct1771 on Friday March 22, 2019 @09:27AM
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But security-wise, it is the same.
Re:Tell HN: Google removing Gmail access from IFTTT
by supermatt on Friday March 22, 2019 @12:13PM
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Not at all. FUD. If you're going to make a statement like that at least come with some facts. There is a massive difference between me getting login permission TO MY OWN APP, and accessing a users facebook account, or masquerading as them on other apps.
Re:Tell HN: Google removing Gmail access from IFTTT
by acct1771 on Saturday March 23, 2019 @09:19AM
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...until Facebook mishandles their end, for example, the API.
Which they have been shown to about a dozen times over this month.
Re:Tell HN: Google removing Gmail access from IFTTT
by supermatt on Monday March 25, 2019 @12:08PM
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I think you have either misunderstood the reports, misunderstand the API, or misunderstand how to integrate it. There is literally no way for me to accidentally steal a users data. You may not like facebook, but accusing me of putting my users data in jeopardy is just fucking cheeky.