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I wonder how many of the 10 remaining Yahoo users will be inconvenienced by this. Seriously though, this is a good thing - third party sign in is a horrible idea and should die.
And flickr or tumblr have quite a bit more users than you've guessed.
I tried to sign up recently with yahoo to access a yahoo group and they demanded a phone number which I didn't want to give them, so I gave up.
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I disagree. The more people use Social login and the less people use their one shared password on all sites which tends to be "password1", the better.
It's a bit of an improvement. On the other hand, if that one account is hacked, it gives access to everything else as well. Moreover, you can even get a list of applications/sites tied to that account. Which makes it arguably even less secure. If we want people to be safer, we should learn them how to use a password manager to generate a unique password for every site. And since access to passwords requires two thing…
If I root your box, and watch you type, I have the password to your password manager, and the password database.
I don't have time for your shit registration form or strange password requirements. I'm always logged into gmail and facebook, so those are always one-click accounts for me.
I understand wanting to become the identity provider, but the ship has sailed here.
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I disagree. The more people use Social login and the less people use their one shared password on all sites which tends to be "password1", the better.
The user's single identity should be owned by the user and managed securely by the browser, not by Facebook or Google.
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It's not popular but I think Yahoo Mail is way better than a lot of people give it credit for as well.
A brief bit of googling shows Yahoo mail has similar numbers of users as Hotmail and Gmail, somewhere between 200-400 millionish, hard numbers aren't often announced. So it's popular, though has lost it's top spot.
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It's a bit of an improvement. On the other hand, if that one account is hacked, it gives access to everything else as well. Moreover, you can even get a list of applications/sites tied to that account. Which makes it arguably even less secure. If we want people to be safer, we should learn them how to use a password manager to generate a unique password for every site. And since access to passwords requires two thing…
I use Google Two-Factor authentication. I need my password, and my phone. If I root your box, and watch you type, I have the password to your password manager, and the password database.