Re:Ask HN: What percentage of your users are using social lo...
by web007 on Saturday March 24, 2018 @06:03PM
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This was OpenID, which lets you choose your third-party provider at will, or even self-host.
It's mostly dead now. People wanted the convenience of FB/GOOG/TWIT over the freedom of self-hosting.
Re:Ask HN: What percentage of your users are using social lo...
by rhizome on Saturday March 24, 2018 @07:36PM
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But everybody just uses some library for that stuff, I wonder why there aren't visible "Log In with [list of 80 OpenAuth providers]" sites or services.
Re:Ask HN: What percentage of your users are using social lo...
by fiddlerwoaroof on Saturday March 24, 2018 @09:37PM
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The issue is UX: I’d much prefer a widget that had three or four common providers and then an advanced mode that lets me pick an alternative
Re:Ask HN: What percentage of your users are using social lo...
by jasonthevillain on Saturday March 24, 2018 @02:42PM
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Mozilla Persona tried this. It was a good user experience, but it never gained enough traction and eventually they shut it down.
Re:Ask HN: What percentage of your users are using social lo...
by chiefalchemist on Sunday March 25, 2018 @11:20AM
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Maybe it could be different now? Or maybe it's not a solo effort? If multiple companies leveraged their traction (read: user base) maybe it could work.
God knows we need something. It's not safe "outside."
Mind you, products would have to adopt it. But from a sec + privacy perspective it makes sense to have a 3rd party whose biz model isn't to harvest your personal details.