OAuth Explained: How Open Authorization Secures Your Online Accounts!

15/03/2025 6 min

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In this podcast episode of Unlocking OAuth, we break down what you need to know about OAuth (Open Authorization)—the industry-standard protocol that secures user authentication across the web.If you’ve ever logged in with Google, Facebook, or Microsoft, you’ve already used OAuth!🚀 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:✅ What is OAuth? A secure way to grant apps access to your data without sharing passwords.✅ How OAuth Works: The step-by-step process of token-based authentication.✅ The Key Components: Resource Owners, Clients, Authorization & Resource Servers, Tokens.✅ Why OAuth is Critical for Cybersecurity: How it prevents phishing, credential theft & hacking.✅ Where OAuth is Used: Single Sign-On (SSO), API integrations, mobile apps & cloud security.🌍 OAuth is the backbone of modern online security—learn how it protects you today!Intro: (0:00)Access Tokens: (1:25)How It Works: (2:15)What Are Flows: (3:20)Where is OAuth Being Used: (3:55)Decentralized Identity: (5:09)

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