All Pocket accounts will be converted to Firefox accounts

Re:All Pocket accounts will be converted to Firefox accounts by drdaeman on Friday June 30, 2023 @05:47PM (#36542824)

They had an implementation that did not require any accounts. They deemed that it's too confusing for users* to scan some QR codes (or type a bunch of characters), so they went with an account-based system.

*) Or whatever the real reason was. It was about time Mozilla started to have management issues so I absolutely won't be surprised if the goal was to "become an ecosystem" or "gather a userbase" (or whatever is management speak for forcing people to sign up).

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Re:All Pocket accounts will be converted to Firefox accounts by andybak on Friday June 30, 2023 @05:57PM (#36542946)

> scan some QR codes

How is that not still an account? What definition of account are we working with here?

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Re:All Pocket accounts will be converted to Firefox accounts by RunSet on Friday June 30, 2023 @06:17PM (#36543211)

Maybe it was using technology similar to magic wormhole.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G3_Xa1GBTs

https://github.com/magic-wormhole/magic-wormhole

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Re:All Pocket accounts will be converted to Firefox accounts by drdaeman on Friday June 30, 2023 @06:23PM (#36543303)

Sure, strictly speaking, of course there were accounts as in "database records". However, users gave no details about themselves, and haven't signed up for anything. No long-term credentials, just a rendezvous point.

You used to just open two Firefoxes, start sync setup on the one, copy (or scan) a code to another - boom, done, they're talking to each other.

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Re:All Pocket accounts will be converted to Firefox accounts by BudaDude on Friday June 30, 2023 @06:15PM (#36543187)

It depends how you define an account. Is an account an email? Is an account an id in a database? An IP? You can't sync anything without an "account"

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