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[Raymond House]

Yes Myles, thanks for the explanation, I have gotten the same explanation
from a member of the Quebec ubuntu forum and I have removed the item. Thank
you.

On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 12:06 PM, Myles Braithwaite <me at mylesbraithwaite.com
> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 3:13 AM, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi everyone, got a notice from google yesterday that I had security risks
> > concerning my gmail account and Ubuntu was listed as one of them ? Where
> did
> > this come from?
>
> This means what ever Ubuntu is using to connect to your Gmail account
> isn't secure, Ubuntu could be using an old API or storing the username
> and password instead of using oAuth. This could also be an old version
> of Ubuntu you are using that still shows as connected because it was
> never disconnected. On that Google screen it should so the last time
> it was used, if it's over 100 days just disconnect it.
>
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