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Re: 1999.io: Blogging like it's 1999

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> We use Twitter for identity, so creating a connection to Twitter is part of the setup process. That must be as far from "blogging like it's 1999" one will ever get. :-/

Beats asking for a password over HTTP and storing it as plaintext, at least.

I'd rather do that than risk my identity being compromised in a place like Iran where my life is at stake if I speak out against the government..

Re: 1999.io: Blogging like it's 1999

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post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Beats asking for a password over HTTP and storing it as plaintext, at least.

I'd rather do that than risk my identity being compromised in a place like Iran where my life is at stake if I speak out against the government..

I understand, but maybe if you're blogging for the purpose of political dissidence you could look elsewhere? Home-grown authentication adds a lot of overhead to web apps, so it makes sense to hand that off to one or more standardized identity management systems.
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