2005
submitted 2 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

Apollo founder Christian Selig said he's "heartbroken" about pulling the plug on the third-party app following Reddit's API pricing changes.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] Salvo@aussie.zone 12 points 2 years ago

Apollo had a huge loyal customer base.

Wefwef provides an almost perfectly cloned UI and is a mere WebApp.

For this reason a lot of users are so impressed with it that they are evangelising it.

The big problem with it that it requires users to submit their login credentials, which is a bit of a security issue.

[-] thesanewriter@vlemmy.net 5 points 2 years ago

Unfortunately all apps are suffering that issue because Lemmy doesn't support OAuth2. It's one of the many things on the dev backlog, but hopefully it won't be too long.

[-] heylilsharty@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Can you say more about the security issues?Asking for a technology dummy friend.

[-] myusernameisokay@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

You need to supply the app with your username and password. The app could theoretically steal your credentials when you enter them in order to login. It’s a good reason to not reuse passwords.

[-] heylilsharty@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Oof, I didn’t give this thought when I signed in. I luckily didn’t reuse my password here but that’s a great reminder, and good to know my exposure…

[-] Paradox@lemdro.id 1 points 2 years ago

Also enable 2fa on your Lemmy account

this post was submitted on 02 Jul 2023
2005 points (100.0% liked)

Technology

69247 readers
3288 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots


founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS