Re: IndieAuth, was Re: W3C - Social Web Working Group

On 21 July 2014 19:32, Sandro Hawke <sandro@w3.org <mailto:sandro@w3.org> wrote:
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>     The point is that identity is separable, and so it has been separated.    Otherwise it would be too big a piece of work for one WG.
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>     Your oblique mention of Tantek reminds me, I don't know if this
 >     group has ever talked about the solution he's currently endorsing, IndieAuth:
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>         https://indieauth.com/

Nope, never heard about it before.

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>     It's fascinatingly minimalist.

Indeed.


IMO, a more developed version of WebID+PKI could be even better because it
would be "phishfree", offering PKI-strength, not requiring any text input and
enabling *user-provided* icons[1].

Such a solution is also independent on if people own domains or not.

Anders

[1] making it simple managing multiple IDs (if needed).

Received on Monday, 21 July 2014 18:10:32 UTC