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Tichy on Aug 7, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic...

They have a point - if Google really allows other apps to access the account via Pidgin's password, perhaps they should fix that.

chmars on Aug 7, 2012 [–]

That is not possible with the current 2-factor authentication system. App-specific passwords are only called 'specific', they are not really app-specific, i.e. you can use them with any app you like if 2-factor authentication with a token has not been implemented yet.

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