Elgg OAuth 2 LinkedIn Plugin

I was doing some work on a client website the other day, when the OAuth login code I was using to provide “log in via linkedin” support inexplicably stopped working. It would seem that linkedin had a (temporary) problem with their OAuth1 api. A quick google, and I found that LinkedIn’s OAuth 1 api has […]

Marcus Povey

I was doing some work on a client website the other day, when the OAuth login code I was using to provide “log in via linkedin” support inexplicably stopped working. It would seem that linkedin had a (temporary) problem with their OAuth1 api. A quick google, and I found that LinkedIn’s OAuth 1 api has […]

Seriously, we need to get rid of passwords

It is the second time in as many days that I’m having to log into things and change passwords because of some less-than smart design decisions various web companies made when implementing their password database (looking at you Linkedin and Last.FM). While these companies have clearly made a dangerous snafu, lets not be overly harsh […]

Marcus Povey

It is the second time in as many days that I’m having to log into things and change passwords because of some less-than smart design decisions various web companies made when implementing their password database (looking at you Linkedin and Last.FM). While these companies have clearly made a dangerous snafu, lets not be overly harsh […]