torrentthief Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 https://login.persona.org/ We all know those web pages where the only alternative to a site-specific login is a social networking account. That's not very reassuring for anyone skittish about linking their commentary to a Facebook account relatives might see, if they're even willing to join a social network in the first place. Mozilla has been aware of that hesitation long enough to have just released its long-in-development Persona sign-in service as a beta. Although it has the same kind of simple approach to a login as a Facebook or Twitter pop-up window, Persona's emphasis is on privacy: it stops paying attention the moment credentials go through, keeping any diatribes or subscription details from landing in social streams or central databases. Users don't have to play a rousing game of guess-the-username, either, as they just need to sign in with one or more familiar e-mail addresses and a single password. Persona faces an uphill battle in getting web developer adoption when the establishment sign-in services are open to hundreds of millions of internet citizens, but it does have The Times' online crossword section, OpenPhoto and Voost as early poster children -- and anything that lets the privacy-minded join the party has our vote. Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/27/mozilla-persona-sign-in-launches-in-beta/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnelsoninjax Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Where as I find that interesting, I can not recall any website that I have ever been to forcing me to log in with a social networking account. Perhaps if I ever ran across these kind of sites I might have a need for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siah1214 Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Where as I find that interesting, I can not recall any website that I have ever been to forcing me to log in with a social networking account. Perhaps if I ever ran across these kind of sites I might have a need for this. The issue is wanting to have a single sign on for every different site (not creating a different account at every website, which is the only alternative now) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torrentthief Posted September 29, 2012 Author Share Posted September 29, 2012 Where as I find that interesting, I can not recall any website that I have ever been to forcing me to log in with a social networking account. Perhaps if I ever ran across these kind of sites I might have a need for this. engadget forces you to use disqus, which requires you to use twitter, facebook, openid or 2 other social logins. There are tons of websites that force you to do this, alot just have a facebook comments system for their site which removes your anonymity too. I really hope neowin and engadget add support soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethec Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Obligatory xkcd comic... http://xkcd.com/927/ farmeunit 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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