Re:Google will disable all but OAuth for IMAP, SMTP and POP ...
by SpaghettiCthulu on Friday January 19, 2024 @07:45AM
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That should be plenty seeing as Google would lock your account before an attacker were ever able to bruteforce an app password, right?
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Re:Google will disable all but OAuth for IMAP, SMTP and POP ...
by _Algernon_ on Friday January 19, 2024 @07:52AM
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Assuming the attacker doesn't have a leaked database of hashed passwords and therefore can't run the brute force on a local database. I want my account to be secure even if there is a leak which has been the standard for authentication for more than a decade.
Re:Google will disable all but OAuth for IMAP, SMTP and POP ...
by freedomben on Friday January 19, 2024 @09:01AM
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This password should not be in any leaked database of hashed passwords, because it is completely randomly generated. You can't even set it.*
*unless you take this password after it's generated and start reusing it in other services, but that is pure self sabotage
Re:Google will disable all but OAuth for IMAP, SMTP and POP ...
by jjnoakes on Friday January 19, 2024 @09:17AM
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It would be if Google's app password hash database was leaked.
Re:Google will disable all but OAuth for IMAP, SMTP and POP ...
by throwaway2037 on Friday January 19, 2024 @09:46AM
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Is there any public knowledge of a Google password hash database leak for any of their apps ... ever?
Re:Google will disable all but OAuth for IMAP, SMTP and POP ...
by freedomben on Friday January 19, 2024 @09:41AM
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Good point, although if that happens, then I think we probably have a much bigger problem
Re:Google will disable all but OAuth for IMAP, SMTP and POP ...
by SpaghettiCthulu on Saturday January 20, 2024 @01:49PM
(#39070926)
Fair point