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leni536 • today at 3:42 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

App passwords are not scoped, are they? When I set up an app password for my whole google account it is never asked whether it is for email, docs, youtube, etc... . The oauth token is properly scoped.


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ForHackernews • today at 3:51 PM

I mean... that's up to Google how they choose to implement app passwords. Back when they still supported them, I think they were properly scoped.

An app password is basically just an API token, it's up to the backend what powers it grants.

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