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Re:My GMail password scares me with its power by mahmud on Wednesday October 07, 2009 @03:40PM (#867474)
He doesn't reuse the password all over the net. He uses many google services, and each requires his gmail password. It's google that's forcing him to authenticate himself via gmail.
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Re:My GMail password scares me with its power by tjogin on Thursday October 08, 2009 @02:33AM (#868471)
The post to which I replied says:

"The problem isn't your gmail password getting leaked, but some other site leaking your password."

Some other site could only leak your password if they've got the same one.

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Re:My GMail password scares me with its power by mahmud on Thursday October 08, 2009 @02:55AM (#868502)
If he is stupid enough to give his email password to "find your friends" type websites, he deserves what he gets. OAuth was invented for a reason.
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