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

On 7/21/14 2:09 PM, Anders Rundgren wrote:
> On 21 July 2014 19:32, Sandro Hawke <sandro@w3.org 
> <mailto:sandro@w3.org> wrote:
>>
> <snip>
>>
>>     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.
>>
>>     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:
>>
>> https://indieauth.com/
>
> Nope, never heard about it before.
>
>>
>>     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). 

Yep!

We are getting closer now :-)

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