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Re:Ask HN: What are we doing about Facebook, Google, and the... by Spivak on Thursday June 08, 2017 @11:02PM (#14518893)
Either everyone is crazy or I am -- does a site that's used by less than 100 users really need to outsource their auth?

If you're part of a school don't you have student accounts in some central place like LDAP/AD/IdM?

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Re:Ask HN: What are we doing about Facebook, Google, and the... by s73ver on Friday June 09, 2017 @01:30PM (#14522876)
Well, for one, they're much better at it than most of us. For two, on mobile, people hate typing in logins. So at least offering an integrated one can provide a huge uptick in usability.
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Re:Ask HN: What are we doing about Facebook, Google, and the... by themacguffinman on Friday June 09, 2017 @04:30AM (#14520018)
Yes, because outsourcing auth is less about scale and more about security and convenience.

LDAP/AD/IdM doesn't necessarily work with third party services.

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