It should be a one time authentication via an SMS to enable a Pidgin client to be authorized to log in. I've disabled my 2nd tier, thus able to use gTalk in Pidgin. On Jan 16, 2013 2:26 AM, "Mark Doliner" <m...@kingant.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 7:41 AM, David Coulson <da...@davidcoulson.net> > wrote: > > nothing to do with Pidgin. > > I think that's not entirely accurate. I think Pidgin could support > logging into Google Talk with oauth, in which case the user would > enter their authentication credentials into their browser (including a > one-time password, for people with 2-factor authentication enabled). > In this case users would not need to generate an application specific > password. > > I don't know how other people feel about this. I'm mildly in favor of > it. The code is mildly Google specific... but I think our XMPP PRPL > already has other Google-specific code. And the oauth model is > becoming increasingly more common. > > https://developers.google.com/talk/jep_extensions/oauth >
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