Twitter New Feature, Allowing Its Users To Log In Via Google Account
- ByStartupStory | June 26, 2021
Many apps allow users to log in via their Google account, in order to save the time and effort of signing up manually. Micro-blogging site Twitter, however, has not had the feature that allows users to log in via their Google account. Reverse engineer Jane Wong has discovered that Twitter is looking into enabling Google sign-in on its app. Wong shared a screenshot of the feature on her Twitter, which shows an added “Continue with Google” button, aside from “Sign Up” and “Login.”
This feature will enable its users to attach their Google Account to an existing Twitter account, or create a new account with the same details as your Google Account, or log into Twitter if you’ve already signed up with your Google Account. It is not known when the feature will be made live for end-users. As with such finding within an app’s APK, it is a bit unsafe for the users as we are a few weeks, or even months away from a public rollout. While it is a much more convenient way of signing into services and apps, linking your Google account does have its drawbacks. For example, in a scenario where your Google account gets compromised, the attacker will then have access to multiple services or apps.
Twitter is currently under immense pressure from the Indian Authorities over deliberate defiance and failure to comply with the new IT rules, which has led to the US giant losing its legal shield as an ‘intermediary’ in India and becoming liable for users posting any unlawful content.
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