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Re:Mozilla's Connected Devices Innovation Process: Four Proj... by garretraziel on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @03:41AM (#11208786)
I think that security will be very discussed thing once IoT will be more spread. I also think that Mozilla could be first to solve it and Persona could help with it. I imagine using it for authentication of connected devices in my home.
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Re:Mozilla's Connected Devices Innovation Process: Four Proj... by ygjb-dupe on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @01:59PM (#11212106)
What does Persona offer that brings value from an IoT perspective?

The bootstrap primary (which is on life support, with the one hand ready to pull the plug) requires a functional javascript engine to authenticate a user, which is a steep cost of admission. In it's absence you have to implement the entire protocol, and Persona is less feature rich and far less supported than OAuth, and I say this as an ardent defender and promoter of Persona :)

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