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		chmullig on April 18, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why does your API still use HTTP Basic Auth? No, that's exactly the problem the post is complaining about. It still results in credentials being sent in plaintext in the original request.

sp332 on April 18, 2013 [–]

Right, but the problem will be caught when the app is still in development. Then the devs will fix the app and by the time it gets to end-users, it won't do that anymore.

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