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Which option do you choose to login

by AbhishekBiswal on 4/1/14, 12:56 PM with 12 comments

If you just found a new product that you want to try out, and you go to the login/signup page to find that you can signup using Facebook/Google/Twitter/Email, which option do you choose generally?

And why?

  • by ColinWright on 4/1/14, 1:04 PM

    Email with a throwaway address. I don't use Facebook, I don't trust Twitter, I don't expose my Google account, and I don't trust a new product with my real email addresses.

  • by rufusjones on 4/1/14, 1:08 PM

    Facebook, Google or Twitter, because I don't think those companies know enough about me yet.

    Sane people use Abine's Maskme things they think they might want to use and Mailinator or one of the other disposables places for those they doubt they'll use.

  • by humancontact on 4/1/14, 12:59 PM

    Email, because I don't feel Facebook/Google/Twitter gives me the ownership of my virtual identity.