Richard Wackerbarth writes:

 > Since we consider the user manager to be a part of the MM complex,
 > what have we gained by hiding the underlying credential from the
 > web interface?

Security.  See the OAuth 2.0 spec (RFC 6749) which recommends (at
SHOULD level) this practice.

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