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Re:OAuth Has Ruined Everything by gnud on Friday October 23, 2015 @04:42AM (#10437490)
BrowserId didn't tie your identity to your browser. It tied your identity to your email address, and made it possible to have several identities to choose from.

The selling point was the browser integration. This would be especially awesome on mobile.

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Re:OAuth Has Ruined Everything by cobweb on Saturday October 24, 2015 @05:06AM (#10442969)
Well that sounds better. But perhaps a poor choice of name. VisitorId might have been more appropriate.
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