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If given the choice by a new web-app or website, I will quite often use my Facebook, Twitter or Google account to sign-in instead of having to go through another sign-up process with probably another username to remember. Social sign-ins make life so easy. You’re already logged in to Facebook/Twitter/Google on your computer so all it takes is one click and you’re in and able to utilise the member benefits of the site/app.

However, it also puts you at risk by having all these apps and sites being able to access your personal information and by having to make connections to your social network. Ok, you can probably trust Facebook/Twitter/Google with your sensitive data, but as soon as you use these big guns to talk to a third party, who knows what could happen

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