Post by jholland1964 on Jan 1, 2019 12:24:15 GMT -5
Just reading some of Ask Leo's Most Popular Articles from 2018 and found this one I feel is extremely important.
Many sites make it easy to log in by using your Facebook account. It's easy -- but is it safe?
....Rarely do I get to be this absolute: if it’s presented as an option, don’t use it. Log in with a traditional email or ID and password instead.
There are a variety of reasons, but the most important is simply basic security....
There are a variety of reasons, but the most important is simply basic security....
Using large services like Facebook to provide authentication is definitely a trend I’m seeing more and more. It’s not just Facebook: you can use your account with Google, Twitter, or some other accounts to log in at all sorts of random and unrelated services. (Throughout this article, I’ll use Facebook as my example, but the same issues apply to using other services like Google, Twitter, and others. I’ll also refer to all the services that you’re logging into, like PhoneZoo in the original question, as “third party” services.)
