Users on other email clients like Thunderbird also will have to reconnect their Google Account and then "configure it to use IMAP with OAuth." Manually configuring a third-party email app differs from app to app. People who access Google services with the mail app on iOS or MacOS will need to "remove and re-add [their] account." Doing so automatically enables OAuth. Google Workspace drops support for older internet protocols and adopts OAuth for better account protection. Why OAuth? As a Microsoft document explains, the OAuth standard "does not grant a third-party app or service unlimited access to your data." Rather, the protocol can specify what data a third party can or cannot have. To protect users, support is being cut; if you're still on an older service, you'll lose access to your Google account.
This Cyber News was published on www.zdnet.com. Publication date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 21:43:05 +0000