How hard is it to implement email verification?

  • dyathinkhesaurus
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    22 hours ago

    If you log in with social media, they get more than your email address. Data mining.

    • Artwork
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      21 hours ago

      They do not, normally, unless you specifically allow that. Yet, indeed, many services enable/require quite permissive scopes by default.

      • Jhex
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        21 hours ago

        so they mostly do…

        • iltg@sh.itjust.works
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          15 hours ago

          per oauth spec you get told what is shared. usually it’s just your user id (which often is email or username), i haven’t seen crazy scopes in the wild in a while

          • Tanoh
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            8 hours ago

            Some services even have an option to only share a dummy email and not your real. Apple for example does this, so all the site gets is “[email protected]” (don’t know the exact format). And it is only tied to your real email address on apple’s side

      • valar@lemmy.ca
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        21 hours ago

        Regardless of your privacy choices, if you are using a shared login, that activity is connected with your broader profile.