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When you first register the Anova app on your phone to set up the cooker, don't use "login with google" but use a separate email address and password which you'll need for this api to work.

I know I am a little late to this, but very good point. I don't know why people ever use stuff like Google and FB to log into other systems as you are just making it easier for Google and FB to track you even more closely and when you are in third party applications.

I know I am a little late to this, but very good point. I don't know why people ever use stuff like Google and FB to log into other systems as you are just making it easier for Google and FB to track you even more closely and when you are in third party applications.

Probably not the best place for this discussion, but I have to correct some misconceptions.

1. People "use stuff like that" because it is easier than remembering a password, and (at least a bit) more secure - if Anova's database is compromised, my password does not get leaked. Also, on Google/FB I can add additional security steps (2FA).

2. Anova seems to have done away with passwords entirely (at least for the precision oven app) - nowadays it is either Google/FB authentication, or email + one-time code.

3. And if you think that Google cannot track you within an app that quite literally runs on Firebase and authenticates itself via Google, well... think again. Even this code has to go through googleapis.com for the authentication :)