[Alpine-info] O365 XOAUTH2 via fetchmail

Andrew C Aitchison andrew at aitchison.me.uk
Wed Apr 20 08:56:55 PDT 2022


On Wed, 20 Apr 2022, Carlos E. R. wrote:


> He says that the real thing about oauth2 is that it permits Google to track

> us. Google gets to know which application you are using to read email each

> time, and in which computer.

>

> This is possibly true. Fits as well with having to use 2FA/2SV and

> associating the account with a phone number.


IIRC Google detect new combinations of (user, app, device, location)
to stop use of phished passwords and other malicious logins, so this
could be a legitimate security concern rather than just a complusion
to grab data.

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Andrew C. Aitchison Kendal, UK
andrew at aitchison.me.uk



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