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

Hannes Tschofenig <hannes.tschofenig@gmx.net> Mon, 01 December 2014 16:25 UTC

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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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