I know this and that is why I started this thread :) On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 5:17 PM, Guillaume Paumier <gpaum...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hello, > > Le mercredi 11 février 2015, 16:59:45 Petr Bena a écrit : >> >> We have OAuth for browser based programs. But nothing for desktop >> applications that are being used by users. (Like AWB etc). > >> It sounds pretty simple to me, so why we don't have anything like that? > > The reason currently given at > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/OAuth/For_Developers#Intended_Users > is: > > "… not… Desktop applications (the Consumer Secret needs to be secret!)" > > -- > Guillaume Paumier > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
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