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What will "Sign In With Google" do? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 weeks ago by yourFanatic@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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If I created a Udemy account with my Gmail, then what's the difference between signing in with email and signing in with Google? Thanks in advance.

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[–] tiramichu@lemm.ee 24 points 4 weeks ago

Adding on to this comment, it is very often not possible to change your auth method.

If you use email to register, you can almost always change to a different email (same method) but you can't change between methods, like from Google auth to Apple auth, or even to a different google auth.

You'd need to create a new account, and therefore lose all the data on your old account.

Always choosing email gives you the most control and most privacy, I'd strongly recommend it.