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Why you should never use Facebook or Google to log in to third party websites - what to do instead (tilvids.com)

submitted 11 months ago by Masimatutu@mander.xyz to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] thesmokingman@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago

In theory, my email only serves as a way to verify me and spam me. A good account may require an email for communication and should allow that email to be changed without losing the account, in the same way the good account will let me change the password, the MFA, and ideally even the username (looking at you Steam). Same as a phone number. We’re beginning to see a move toward that flexibility. Most accounts with MFA allow it.