Hi Brian,
Are you able to provide a quote of this email from Google or any website it
links to? I don't use Gmail any more, so haven't received it, but am interested
in its contents.
In particular, does it state it's removing *all* password auth from IMAP, or
just that you'd need to use app passwords instead of your Google password? I
definitely think the latter makes sense; the former is going a bit far IMO.
On Tue, Dec 17, 2019, at 17:12, Brian May wrote:
> "Michael Verrenkamp" <jabj...@fastmail.com.au> writes:
>
> > While this warning has not been seen universally by users and it
> > appears to be in the trail stage, this is a very worrying for the free
> > and open internet and the software that we use on it. Essentially the
> > software maker, being Google, is able to dictate what people can use
> > online using their software platform and online websites.
>
> While not directly related to web browsers, I am very concerned with an
> email I received from Google today saying that they intend to phase out
> support for username/password authentication for LSA ("less secure
> apps") using protocols such as IMAP, and require using OAuth
> authentication instead. Presumably this is another way of saying they
> plan to phase out application specific passwords too.
>
> I am not aware of any open source IMAP client software that can use
> OAuth.
>
> They may say they are doing this in the name of security, but to me it
> looks very much like a movement against open source software.
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