On many websites, social media accounts can be used for authentification
Authentication on certain websites via Facebook or Google accounts can be risky, but use of a browser extension from TU Wien eliminates the problem. We all knew this familiar scenario: to be able to use specific features of a website you need to log in, but creating an individual account for every single site is tedious. For this reason it makes a lot of sense to use your own Facebook or Google account for authentication. However, this means that Facebook or Google data will be passed directly to the companies behind the respective website, and that creates risks. Researchers at TU Wien have taken a closer look at this authentication process. They have developed a browser plug-in that closes this security gap in a very rigorous way: it is logically impossible to circumvent the browser plug-in. The first prototype can already by installed and currently talks are underway with browser creators to integrate the plug-in into future browser versions.
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