GitHub Login on Parse.com

#1

Post by cyen » Wed, Oct 24, 2012, 7:51 PM UTC

GitHub Login on Parse.com
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Re: GitHub Login on Parse.com

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Post by cmwelsh » Wed, Oct 24, 2012, 8:48 PM UTC

It's always smart to assign a password to your account. Github was down just the other day. Keep a password assigned to your account just in case. By the way, I think github is a great single sign on for hacker related services. People who use parse are usually already logged in on GitHub... Right?

Re: GitHub Login on Parse.com

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Post by latchkey » Wed, Oct 24, 2012, 8:55 PM UTC

Implementing GitHub login is no more valuable than offering Facebook login. It ties things to a single identity provider and limits the number of people who can use it (ie: no FB/GH account, no ability to use it).

Why not implement Mozilla Persona instead?

Re: GitHub Login on Parse.com

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Post by artursapek » Wed, Oct 24, 2012, 10:26 PM UTC

latchkey wrote: post #3

Implementing GitHub login is no more valuable than offering Facebook login. It ties things to a single identity provider and limits the number of people who can use it (ie: no FB/GH account, no ability to use it). Why not implement Mozilla Persona instead?

Because what the hell is Mozilla Persona? The Parse user base and the GitHub user base overlap a lot.

Re: GitHub Login on Parse.com

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Post by latchkey » Wed, Oct 24, 2012, 10:38 PM UTC

artursapek wrote: post #4

latchkey wrote: post #3

Implementing GitHub login is no more valuable than offering Facebook login. It ties things to a single identity provider and limits the number of people who can use it (ie: no FB/GH account, no ability to use it). Why not implement Mozilla Persona instead?

Because what the hell is Mozilla Persona? The Parse user base and the GitHub user base overlap a lot.

It doesn't matter really what 'Mozilla Persona' is. All that matters is that instead of implementing GitHub login, which is a single identity provider, sites should focus on implementing a global solution to login now that a viable one is available.

The general concept here is that the user just needs an email address and a password to login to any site. I'm tired of having to remember a bunch of usernames and passwords, aren't you?

Re: GitHub Login on Parse.com

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Post by callahad » Wed, Oct 24, 2012, 10:47 PM UTC

artursapek wrote: post #4

latchkey wrote: post #3

Implementing GitHub login is no more valuable than offering Facebook login. It ties things to a single identity provider and limits the number of people who can use it (ie: no FB/GH account, no ability to use it). Why not implement Mozilla Persona instead?

Because what the hell is Mozilla Persona? The Parse user base and the GitHub user base overlap a lot.

Arguably, Persona and Parse more than overlap: the supported user base of Persona is a proper superset of Parse's actual and potential user bases. :)

Persona works with any email address, and it's completely decentralized (albeit with a temporary, centralized fallback for bootstrapping)

Re: GitHub Login on Parse.com

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Post by Narkov » Wed, Oct 24, 2012, 11:33 PM UTC

latchkey wrote: post #3

Implementing GitHub login is no more valuable than offering Facebook login. It ties things to a single identity provider and limits the number of people who can use it (ie: no FB/GH account, no ability to use it). Why not implement Mozilla Persona instead?

Obligatory XKCD comic:

http://xkcd.com/927/

Re: GitHub Login on Parse.com

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Post by latchkey » Wed, Oct 24, 2012, 11:35 PM UTC

Narkov wrote: post #7

latchkey wrote: post #3

Implementing GitHub login is no more valuable than offering Facebook login. It ties things to a single identity provider and limits the number of people who can use it (ie: no FB/GH account, no ability to use it). Why not implement Mozilla Persona instead?

Obligatory XKCD comic: http://xkcd.com/927/

i heart xkcd.