- From: Anders Rundgren <anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 19:46:44 +0200
- To: public-webpayments@w3.org
On 2014-05-12 19:11, Kingsley Idehen wrote: > On 5/11/14 7:08 AM, Anders Rundgren wrote: >> >From my point-of-view there's only problem: I don't understand how this >> would be and how it could address the NASCAR login problem:-( >> >> Anders > > NASCAR isn't necessarily a problem for end-users. This more of a problem > for programmers that have to write code for different authentication > protocols. We have to keep these concerns loosely coupled. > >From my (strong authentication) perspective, WebPayments and WebID are trying to build cool stuff on top of a security platform which haven't been upgraded since 1995 when it was introduced by Netscape. The competition in the form of Google and PayPal have come up with a nice security platform (U2F - Universal Two Factor authentication) but unfortunately it squarely matches the WebID and WebPayment use-cases. I won't spend more time on this issue, I leave it to the market to decide :-) Anders
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