Am 29.04.2010 15:40, colliar:
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> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason schrieb:
>> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 12:04, colliar<[email protected]>  wrote:
>>> I thought at least with semi-automatic use OAuth was transfering with 
>>> encryption
>>> ( and should also now with https) , but there is still a warning about no 
>>> secure
>>> possibility on the wiki.
>>>
>>> Am I wrong or do we need to change this page.
>>
>> The wiki is wrong and needs to be brought up to date.
>
> Does that mean OAuth is now encrypted no matter which methode is used ?
> If so, we should lead the user to use OAuth and to not use the normal login at
> all, anymore.

No, OAuth is not about encryption at all. The inital OAuth setup call 
still allows to be listened into and the login+password to be retrieved. 
All subsequent API calls won't transmit username+PW but the token 
instead, but still the content is transferred unencrypted.

btw. which wiki (article) are you referring to?
Claudius


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