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by wizzwizz4 2051 days ago
According to Google, it's “apps” – but this isn't Android apps; it's something that lets them directly fetch your emails from Google. I think it might be associated with OAuth, but despite their incredibly clear privacy policy I'm still not sure who exactly it is.

Don't worry; I'm fairly sure it doesn't happen unless you click through a pop-up.
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dragonwriter 2051 days ago
Are you just saying "Gmail has an API, and it is possible to authorize apps to access your Gmail via the API", which will be listed (along with every other app with access to your Google Account in any way) in your account permissions page @ https://myaccount.google.com/permissions

Or something else?

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wizzwizz4 2050 days ago
It would be very embarrassing if I were. I vaguely remember it being something Bad, but I didn't make notes on it.
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