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What will "Sign In With Google" do?
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this post was submitted on 28 Nov 2024
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It's a protocol called OAuth that pretty much lets google or whatever "sign in with XYZ" company take over the login process then share a unique identifier+ all information requested by the app on that "allow 3rd party to access the following" page. It's essentially letting Google manage the user/password authentication instead of udemy.