OpenID/Oauth hybrid [was Re: specs Digest, Vol 27, Issue 3]

Martin Atkins mart at degeneration.co.uk
Wed Dec 3 05:00:51 UTC 2008


Allen Tom wrote:
> 
> For the time being, we prefer to require CKs for client applications 
> (even if they can't be verified) mostly to make it easy for us to pull 
> the plug on specific applications if they are discovered to be severely 
> buggy or dangerous. We'd also like to require pre-registration of CKs so 
> that we know who to contact about a particular app if we have any questions.
> 

If I make a dangerous app using the consumer key from a popular 
application, would you black list that key and inconvenience all of its 
users?

(I doubt it.)




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