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This is the thing about "OAuth isn't about authentication" argument. . . there is quite a bit of overlap between RBAC and authorization. And that in itself, if quite confusing.

What most annoys me is that OAuth is also very much about authentication, specifically outsourcing your authentication to a third party. It's not like OAuth has nothing to do with authentication, which is the knee jerk response you get from people when they attempt to simplify an explanation about what OAuth does and doesn't do.



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