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Re:The problem with federated web apps by conor- on Saturday July 01, 2023 @02:34PM (#36553476)
I think DIDs[0] are an interesting idea for dealing with the problem of centralized registration in federated systems.

It would be great to be able to create one identity that if I want to leave an instance and bring all my data with me to a new instance I can do so without friction. That's currently a big issue I have with Matrix for example -- there's no way for me to go from @user:matrix.org to @user:myowndomain.com and have that be the same identity with the same friends list, etc.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralized_identifier

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Re:The problem with federated web apps by Arathorn on Saturday July 01, 2023 @02:44PM (#36553591)
We’re currently working on account portability (https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/401...) and experimenting with glueing bluesky style DIDs onto it (so as to provide DMs for bluesky via Matrix, should they want them)
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Re:The problem with federated web apps by conor- on Saturday July 01, 2023 @02:51PM (#36553682)
Ah, as usual if there's a complaint there's an open spec proposal for it. Thanks for sharing!
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