OAuth
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def
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an Authorization framework — not an authentication protocol — that determines what resources a user's application will be able to access
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note
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OpenID Connect handles the actual single sign-on authentication piece; OAuth itself provides authorization between applications
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adoption
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created by Twitter, Google, and others; used by Twitter, Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, and more
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