Re: [OAUTH-WG] OAuth in the news again....

John Bradley <ve7jtb@ve7jtb.com> Mon, 01 December 2014 17:51 UTC

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Hannes,

I think this may be the link you were trying to share.
http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/news/story/1.2844953

I suspect the problem was the profile ID leaking via a ad rather than anything to do with OAuth
as she never logged in.  

John B.


> On Dec 1, 2014, at 1:25 PM, Hannes Tschofenig <hannes.tschofenig@gmx.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I fear we have to write another article to clarify what OAuth does and
> what it does not do based on the misinformation spread with this recent
> article:
> http://www.techopedia.com/definition/26694/oauth
> 
> A quote from that article:
> "
> Graham Williams, a Vancouver-based technology expert, points to what is
> known as an "open authentication protocol" — or OAuth — where people
> often unwittingly share personal information with third-party websites.
> "
> 
> Ciao
> Hannes
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