What is 'Sign in with Google'? And why it's often safer

Lesson 4 of who are you: when you tap 'Sign in with Google', the app never sees your Google password. What OAuth hands over instead, and why it… Aliteq Sam Ortega · Build Editor

OAuth lets you log in without giving the app your password

You approve on the provider's own page, and can revoke access later

The app receives a token plus only the limited profile info you approved

Adding social login means you hold no passwords at all, which removes a whole class of risk. In return you're trusting the provider, and you still receive a token you must protect exactly like the…

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