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By logging in with an ASP, you are also granting specific permissions to the app. So in the case of Google, you can view, send and delete emails, access contacts, and access the calendar, but you can’t add mail rules, or access other G-Suite apps like Google Drive.   ",[],{},{"nodeType":261,"data":998,"content":999},{},[1000],{"nodeType":248,"value":1001,"marks":1002,"data":1003},"It’s important to note that you can’t use this as a substitute for SSO — e.g. you can’t authenticate to a third-party app like Slack using your Google account with an ASP, so the risk is somewhat limited to basic email functionality. 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