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clifflocked
3 months ago
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I hacked a dating app (and how not to treat a secu...
OAuth exists and can be used to confirm someone's identity by linking their Google account.
nixpulvis
3 months ago
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To be fair, I wouldn't want my google account linked to my dating profile. Aggregating services has risks too.
knicholes
3 months ago
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Maybe secondary google account.
nixpulvis
3 months ago
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Yea, but then what I have to upload my passport through a service linked to that secondary. It's not really tenable.
kelnos
3 months ago
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Linking a Google account doesn't confirm your identity, though. It just confirms that you created a Google account with a particular name.
smt88
3 months ago
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A Google account does nothing to prove identity
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