The decentralization of Single Sign-on seems like a natural step in improving usability and accessability of the fediverse. It will require a lot less account and make it far easier to interact with content. Are there anybody working on this?

  • Kroktann
    8·
    3 years ago

    Isn’t this exactly what OpenID Connect is/was all about? Afaik this is still the protocol behind the “log in with facebook/google/github” options you find on many websites, but it can be a fully decentralised authentication scheme if they’d only let users type in their own identity url.

      • Kroktann
        1·
        3 years ago

        I don’t disagree with that, but there’s nothing preventing anybody from setting up their own OIDC service, and for sites to accept any OIDC provider rather than just a couple of giant ones.

        And yeah, the Hubzilla Magicauth is really nice! Not sure how easy it is to apply it to other uses than Hubzilla/zot though. Could be worth exploring.

  • obsolete29@sopuli.xyz
    6·
    3 years ago

    I think IndieAuth counts eh? I don’t think it’s really implemented anywhere, which is really going to be the problem with any sort of federated sso.

  • adrianmalacoda
    2·
    3 years ago

    This was a pet project of mine a few years back, but unfortunately I left it behind due to eventual lack of interest and life concerns. If I recall correctly, it worked as an IndieAuth provider and supported logging in with a local account, another IndieAuth provider, OpenID Connect, or Mastodon account.

    • Vegafjord eoOP
      2·
      3 years ago

      Yeah, but my grandma isn’t too keen on using password managers.