On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Brian Eaton <[email protected]> wrote:
> Plaintext doesn't work in this context, because it sends long-lived
> secrets in clear-text to servers that are under the control of the
> application author, or, in the case of gadgets, everyone viewing the
> gadget.

Ah, the other reason plaintext doesn't work is because one of the
goals is to guarantee the integrity of the identity information passed
in the request - neither the application author nor the viewer of the
application is permitted to tamper with those parameters.
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