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Re:I was annoyed with sites asking for too many Facebook pri... by zobzu on Tuesday November 29, 2011 @01:42AM (#3289380)
you should take a look at browserid (browserid.org) its much better than FB auth. its much better than any other auth service in fact. because browserid doesn't want to make a profit out of the user, so its focused on useability, privacy and security.

rather than let me write a page about it, just click the link

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Re:I was annoyed with sites asking for too many Facebook pri... by blhack on Tuesday November 29, 2011 @03:12AM (#3289574)
I have my own auth system that I use in all of my other projects. Why on earth would I send users to, and trust, a third party?

That seems like an extra headache. It makes sense for me to do it with facebook because it's really easy for users, and because there are benefits for the users when they do it (and for me).

(These benefits are: they don't have to rebuild their social network, again)

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