-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 37-01--10 03:59 PM, Robb Shecter wrote: > But there's one problem: people would need to log in to Wikipedia > *through my app*. They'd have to enter their username and password to > my app, which would turn around an authenticate via the MediaWiki API. > Policy-wise, this isn't a good thing; that is, giving people the > message that it's ok to type in your credentials to something other > than Wikipedia sites.
This is a perennial problem for many Toolserver tools as well. It has resulted in such hacks as http://toolserver.org/~magnus/tusc.php - an OpenID-based solution is clearly preferable. - -Mike -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkv/EHAACgkQst0AR/DaKHubPgCgwuiG2fx3CvyaVOTsNKV5prxt FdYAoNpM28CKWkssnAdO6xINlgjkKP9w =JAuM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
