I have several questions about this. Thanks in advance for information.Access for less secure apps has been turned on.
You recently changed your security settings so that your Google Account xxxx@gmail.com is no longer protected by modern security standards.
Please be aware that it is now easier for an attacker to break into your account.
I'm not worried about it. Should I be?
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/353 ... imap-gmail (4/2017) If this were a problem, Linux mail clients would have addressed it by now, right?Google, sometime late in 2014 started blocking apps that are using IMAP/SMTP PLAIN authentication by default. It also seems no Linux email client has addressed this change
https://security.stackexchange.com/ques ... le-accountIn my understanding, "less secure apps" refers to applications that send your credentials directly to Gmail. Lots of things can go wrong when you give your credentials to third party to give to the authentication authority
Hmm, I think he means "more secure apps" like web login. To establish https, gmail sends their certificate to me. What am I sending to whom during imap login? Who is the third party?
P.S. anticipating advice to drop google: gmail is free and convenient and I've had the account for a long time. For important mail I use fastmail, for searches DDG.
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