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Re:Ask HN: Are you terrified of Plaid’s account verification... by ithinkso on Thursday September 02, 2021 @05:08AM (#28389988)
> Once they were told to never under any circumstances share their password with anyone else.

That ship has sailed a long time ago, I vividly remember in around 2010/2011 my friend was opening a Facebook account in front of me and it asked for his e-mail and his e-mail's password which he gave without blinking.

I was stunned, couldn't believe my eyes

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Re:Ask HN: Are you terrified of Plaid’s account verification... by YeBanKo on Thursday September 02, 2021 @05:18AM (#28390047)
Oh yeah, I remember this. I think LinkedIn did the same. They desperately wanted to find your connections. It was the times when Facebook used plain HTTP and everyone in coffee shop next to you could read your messages.
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