[Users] [Bug 4627] New: Passwords are shown incorrectly in Account preferences after OAuth2 setup

Paul paul at claws-mail.org
Fri Sep 23 13:39:45 CEST 2022


On Fri, 23 Sep 2022 09:59:21 +0000
"David Fletcher" <David at megapico.co.uk> wrote: 

> A user's password is no longer stored when using OAuth2 - that's why
> it's seen as more secure 

Arguable.

> since the password that would also unlock
> other documents and services is not stored in the desktop software any
> more. 

It is unlikely for most users that the same password is used  for mail and
other documents and services. This is the weak argument for oauth2, imo.

with regards

Paul


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