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Re: Amazon Announces Login with Amazon

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Post by foobar456 » Thu, May 30, 2013, 5:21 PM UTC

qu4z-2 wrote: post #79

foobar456 wrote: post #57

OAuth is for authorization, not authentication. Please stop using it like this. If you want SSO-style authentication using OpenID or SAML2.

Unfortunately I think that ship has sailed. Personally I'm hoping Persona will catch on. At least that's designed as an authentication scheme.

What problem does it solve that OpenID doesn't? OpenID already has a lot of adoption, and IMO works quite well.

Re: Amazon Announces Login with Amazon

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Post by DEinspanjer » Fri, May 31, 2013, 2:10 PM UTC

walls wrote: post #67

DEinspanjer wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But might you now have to put up with Amazon targeting even more ads and recommended products to you based on the various sites you've logged into using their service? :/

So your complaint is that the ads you see will be more relevant to your interests? Really?

My complaint is the payment for the login service through the use of my behavioral data I'd rather keep private. I have never clicked through an ad to purchase anything. I dislike seeing ads that are clearly based on my behavior but don't understand the intent of that behavior (i.e. showing me ads for generators because I looked at a few on Amazon to compare the stats to the one I already own). I also dislike seeing ads in general because they are not a useful feature to me. I'd prefer to pay for features in a more direct and favorable (to me) manner. I also dislike the concept that targeted ads are in some cases specifically designed to influence my attitude toward brands and provide me with information that may not be absolutely true but which they will hope I internalize to influence my future purchasing decisions.

Obviously, this is my personal preference, and I do understand that ads can be a useful revenue stream for companies targeting other users with different profiles from mine.

Re: Amazon Announces Login with Amazon

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Post by qu4z-2 » Mon, Jun 03, 2013, 11:33 PM UTC

foobar456 wrote: post #91

qu4z-2 wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately I think that ship has sailed. Personally I'm hoping Persona will catch on. At least that's designed as an authentication scheme.

What problem does it solve that OpenID doesn't? OpenID already has a lot of adoption, and IMO works quite well.

OpenID is great, but I somehow just don't expect it to get that much adoption on sites where "Sign In With Facebook" is the default. Whereas I have at least some hope that Persona might become that common if Mozilla play their cards right.