Experts' View: Avoid Social Networks' Single Sign-On

guest · Oct 4, 2018

Experts' View: Avoid Social Networks' Single Sign-On
Use Password Managers and Unique Passwords for Every Service and App
October 3, 2018
https://www.inforisktoday.com/blogs/experts-view-avoid-social-networks-single-sign-on-p-2670

Thanks to Facebook's single sign-on feature, dubbed Facebook Social Login, whoever stole 50 million access tokens from Facebook could have used the SSO service's tokens to log into victims' accounts at third-party services and mobile apps (see Facebook Breach: Single Sign-On of Doom).

For starters, "they are a single point of failure outside of one's control," he says. "I'd much rather use a password manager that I control, although obviously they are not invulnerable."
Pick One: Convenience, Security
Woodward says it's easy to see why social media single sign-on came to exist: Users - as well as the services attempting to maximize their users' time on their sites - wanted an easy way to pick a strong password, without having to select and manage lots of strong passwords for many different sites.
Password Managers: 'A Good Thing'
While users can store passwords in a browser-based password manager, using stand-alone password management software typically offers much more functionality. Emma W. says she uses both, "for different things."
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