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Bug 760483 - Google Talk no longer allows password authentication
Google Talk no longer allows password authentication
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: empathy
Classification: Core
Component: Accounts
unspecified
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: empathy-maint
empathy-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2016-01-11 17:28 UTC by Debarshi Ray
Modified: 2018-05-22 19:07 UTC
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Description Debarshi Ray 2016-01-11 17:28:29 UTC 
Google Talk no longer works with raw passwords any more. I tried to log into my account while discussing bug 759828 and received a scary-sounding email from Google that read:

"Sign-in attempt prevented

[...]

Someone just tried to sign in to your Google Account xxxx@gmail.com     
from an app that doesn't meet modern security standards."

It might be possible to add an account with a so-called app-specific password, but we really shouldn't be advertising password-based Google accounts so prominently in the UI anymore.
Comment 1 gnome.vrb 2016-08-25 10:13:56 UTC 
(In reply to Debarshi Ray from comment #0)
> Google Talk no longer works with raw passwords any more. 

Incorrect. Refer http://superuser.com/a/869034/432734
Comment 2 Debarshi Ray 2016-08-25 13:28:08 UTC 
(In reply to vrishab from comment #1)
> (In reply to Debarshi Ray from comment #0)
> > Google Talk no longer works with raw passwords any more. 
> 
> Incorrect. Refer http://superuser.com/a/869034/432734

Hmm... so that swaps the "scary sounding email" for a "less secure" tag. Doesn't inspire a lot of confidence. I don't want GNOME apps to be considered "less secure". Empathy works just fine with OAuth2, provided you created the account in gnome-online-accounts, so we should just use that.

Also, it is not a very convincing user experience if the user has to go to some web page somewhere and fiddle with some settings to get his instant messaging client to work.
Comment 3 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2018-05-22 19:07:37 UTC 
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