Re: Google signin

On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 4:35 PM, Greg Stark <stark(at)mit(dot)edu> wrote:

> On 12 July 2017 at 15:27, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
> >
> > That said, this is not intended to *replace* the username/password login
> > part, it would be in addition to it.
>
> In that case I think it's actively a bad idea. If people would still
> have to create another password there's no point and it would
> contribute to people not wanting to use common auth schemes like this.
>

They would not have to make another password. It would be possible to
create a community account without a password (which would then only be
reachable through an oauth login from a supported provider).

> If you just have to make a username that's not as bad (though not ideal).
>

That would be the idea.

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