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rockskontoday at 3:52 PM1 replyview on HN

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


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mwwaterstoday at 5:08 PM

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.