Hi @fechaugger I agree with your statement that we need something similar to OAuth for third party applications. We had to go down this route as we want to make it as easy as possible for everybody to participate. If you have any doubt and would like to get your hands on some pods, please do a direct transfer from your Steem Wallet to the @sportspodium Steem wallet and just specify your email address in the memo field. This way you don't need to submit your password to the pre-sale website. We honestly only want to give the Steemit community a chance to purchase Pods early in the race before we run our main token sale.