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Ask HN: Is “sign in with Facebook” dead for indie developers?

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Re: Ask HN: Is “sign in with Facebook” dead for indie developers?

#11

I don't know what country you are in, but if you are concerned about a phone number and postal address, there are myriad ways to obtain both of those which can effectively obscure your location and identity. * Get a Google Voice or other VoIP provider. * Get a burner cell phone. * Get a business account with your PSTN provider and run an Asterisk PBX or something. * Obtain a PO Box at your US Postal Service, UPS Stor…

Not in the US, but yeah, I may be able to get a phone and an address through some 3rd party service(s), but I'm not sure it's worth the overhead, especially if it's just to pass the verification (and potentially users would not be able to really get in touch through them).

Re: Ask HN: Is “sign in with Facebook” dead for indie developers?

#12
Could you switch to just using passkeys instead of Google, Apple, or Facebook federated identity? This eliminates the risk of storing passwords, and also doesn't create a dependency on one of the companies mentioned. You'll still need to store username, email, or both, depending on your use case. You can also create a code path that will transition accounts from federated identity to self hosted with passkeys as well.

https://passkeys.dev/docs/tools-libraries/libraries/

https://passkeys.directory/

https://www.corbado.com/blog/user-transition-passkeys-expert...

Re: Ask HN: Is “sign in with Facebook” dead for indie developers?

#14
This may be what you're looking for.

Something like OAuth2 or OICD "Permission Scopes" -- the permissions that a user can grant your app, just prior to their accepting the log in via that particular social-media authentication provider.

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/permissions/reference/

Here are examples:

https://www.loginradius.com/blog/engineering/facebook-authen...

Re: Ask HN: Is “sign in with Facebook” dead for indie developers?

#15

I don't know what country you are in, but if you are concerned about a phone number and postal address, there are myriad ways to obtain both of those which can effectively obscure your location and identity. * Get a Google Voice or other VoIP provider. * Get a burner cell phone. * Get a business account with your PSTN provider and run an Asterisk PBX or something. * Obtain a PO Box at your US Postal Service, UPS Stor…

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