If you ’ve logged into your commenting account today with your username and password , you may have been prompted to convert your bill to third - company certification , using either Twitter , Facebook , or Google . What does it all think of ? you ask .
All of the Gawker Media sites , include our beloved io9 , are making this modification for security department function — namely to enhance your security measures as a exploiter on our situation . By connect your annotate account to a Twitter , Facebook , or Google account , we ’re put our account security layer in the hired hand of some of the adept in the line — major website with more security expertise and resourcefulness than anyone else on the web .
Not necessarily . You only need to convert your account if you presently log into our site with a username and countersign . If you were already logging in via Twitter or Facebook , you ’re okay .
The conversion unconscious process is pretty mere . If your accounting need to be convert , you should be prompt to do so when you login ( like the picture up top ) , or you will see a message remind you to do so in the apprisal drop - down at the top right of the page . Simply follow the prompt to transition your account to whatever service you prefer .
No . The only thing visible to other users will be the screen name you have already place on io9 and any other entropy you explicitly add to your profile . You may lumber in via Twitter / Facebook / Google , but no one on the site will know what your Twitter / Facebook / Google business relationship is unless you add this information to your profile .
Some of you may prefer not to bind your commenting account to one of your IRL accounts . If anonymity is a concern , we hint you use an anon. account from one of these service .
No . We only use your linked Facebook , Twitter , or Google account for login purpose . We are not using any information from your Facebook , Twitter , or Google answer for for advertizement targeting .
We ’ve gota much longer FAQ here , written by remark tzar ( and io9 contributor ) Kaila Hale - Stern . If that FAQ still does n’t answer your questions , or if you have any trouble , concerns , or ailment , please commit an email to[email protected]and we ’ll do everything we can to assist you .
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