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Comment by rockskon

6 hours ago

OAuth 2.0 is a hate crime against security given its complexity.

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mwwaters  5 hours ago

When I really dove into it, I understood mostly why all the complexity was all there if I cared about data at the identity provider.

When it’s only used for SSO, it’s extreme overkill.

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