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We are happy to announce that the Google Contacts Data API now supports OAuth. This is our first step towards OAuth enabling all Google Data APIs.

that is either great or scary.

The OAuth protocol enables websites or applications (Consumers) to access Protected Resources from a web service (Service Provider) via an API, without requiring Users to disclose their Service Provider credentials to the Consumers.

It's about time.

An open protocol to allow secure API authentication in a simple and standard method from desktop and web applications.

an OpenID for APIs, need some investigations