Brian... I see on facebook that whenever an app that accesses personal data is added to your profile. It asks whether u want the app to use your xyz data or abc data. Is OAuth implemented to do something like this?
On Jan 27, 2008 8:14 PM, Brian Eaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 27, 2008 7:39 PM, Akash Xavier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have been reading the Shindig docs and the posts on this mailing list. > I > > still don't understand why OAuth is being implemented. I know that it's > like > > OpenID. But what's the purpose of implementation in Shindig. > > It's not really like OpenID at all. OAuth is for authorization, > rather than authentication. It's about a user giving permission for a > gadget to access some of their personal data. > > You'll be able to use it write gadgets that access a user's calendar > or their photos, to pick a couple of examples. > > Cheers, > Brian > -- Akash Manohar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
