Ask PG: When I login via OpenID, why does HN look at my contacts?

6 pointsnoaharc4 comments

I use the Google OpenID method, and every time it makes sure I'm okay sharing my contacts. Is this just unavoidable when using OpenID with Google?

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nvm I answered my own question with some checking

this is interesting: http://www.clickpass.com/docs/privacy-policy

and this

http://blog.teampatent.com/2009/03/30/clickpass-harvests-add...

Hmm. I don't much like that. I guess it's probably too late for me, though.

This is particularly annoying. What can we do about it? If I don't want to use clickpass (with my gmail account) will my profile disappear? Can I substitute a different way of authenticating?

Couldn't you just click on your username and change your password which would allow you to directly log in?

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