Mark Doliner spake unto us the following wisdom: > 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.
I think it's a good idea. I wish the various oauth providers would get their crap together and standardize something, but I think MFA auth is better than app passwords for sure. Since the XMPP mechanism allows us to support Google OAuth without breaking anything else... Ethan _______________________________________________ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
