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Re:Ask HN: Developer abused “sign in with GitHub”? by ilyt on Friday December 09, 2022 @05:19AM (#33919719)
...Didn't fucking facebook did it at one point ?
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Re:Ask HN: Developer abused “sign in with GitHub”? by justsomehnguy on Friday December 09, 2022 @05:39AM (#33919849)
Linkedin. FB probably too, but too lazy to check
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Re:Ask HN: Developer abused “sign in with GitHub”? by darth_aardvark on Friday December 09, 2022 @02:11PM (#33925270)
Linkedin was worse. It used the login/pw to send emails to your friends from your email account, inviting them to join Linkedin.
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Re:Ask HN: Developer abused “sign in with GitHub”? by criddell on Friday December 09, 2022 @05:49AM (#33919926)
Clubhouse too. Remember Clubhouse?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25685454

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Re:Ask HN: Developer abused “sign in with GitHub”? by jabroni_salad on Friday December 09, 2022 @02:00PM (#33925162)
there's a big difference between a permitted contacts api and just giving up your regular gmail password.
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