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bayindirh
on Jan 15, 2021
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> FYI - never use oauth to log into anything you care about.
Or, "Then create a password and revoke oauth permissions from the provider"
mkr-hn
on Jan 15, 2021
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These days all browsers offer to generate and save a syncable password for you and fill in the email, so it's almost as easy to make a normal account as it is to use OAuth. It feels like OAuth/SSO is a tool for a different, less user-friendly era.
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Or, "Then create a password and revoke oauth permissions from the provider"