alternatives to accessing google reader with oauth?

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Published on 2010-04-04T20:03:28Z Indexed on 2010/04/04 20:13 UTC
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I'm really new to this oauth stuff. I want to access a user's google reader liked items feed.

This blog says that oauth doesn't work (yet) with google reader. The working way seems to be to get the user's google credentials (email, password) directly, and login directly to google. This also gives me access to the rest of their services.

Is there a better way, or must the user trust me with their google credentials?

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