I am unwilling to take your passwords OR why I disabled 1 click posting to tumblr

A good deal of users on enjoysthin.gs use a feature that enables 1-click posting to their tumblr account. If you see something that you like and want to share it on tumblr, click a button and it end up on your tumblr site (example). Many of these users use this feature several times a day. They will be the last users allowed to do this.

As of today, I’ve disabled anyone from signing up for 1-click posting to tumblr. I am unwilling to store your passwords in my database, which is needed to use the tumblr API. In the event that tumblr implements an OAuth (or similar) API, I’ll be happy to re-enable this feature for everyone else.

As a developer, I really don’t like saving sensitive information if I don’t have to do it. As a matter of fact, I don’t even store your enjoysthin.gs password in the database, so if a hacker accessed the database, they still wouldn’t be able to see your password.

(If you’re already using this feature, you can continue to do so… until you email me and tell me to turn it off.)

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