Comment on Authentication for external sevices
just_another_person@lemmy.world 1 month agoThat’s really up to the software again. If you’re not technically inclined enough to run through the code, that’s fine, but you have to trust that other people are.
Go and search GitHub issues or this project by name for what you’re concerned about.
Authentication is also not security, btw. It’s just access. If you can be more specific about your concerns in your post, you may get more direct answers.
tofubl@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
“authentication is not security,” can you elaborate on that?
Your statement doesn’t really overlap with my understanding of security, as “just access” seems critically relevant to how secure user data is, for example. Am I missing something?
just_another_person@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Authentication is simply identifying a user.
Authorization is securing access to assets.
You can find a lot of reading about this if the distinction is confusing.
tofubl@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Right, thanks.