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why can't we have federated identity ? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by mango_master@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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Why can’t we have federated identity to login into fediverse instead of creating login for each instance?

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[–] CoderKat@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

You could do what Oauth does, allowing many providers to create credentials. That's what some sites already use to let you login with google/Facebook/etc on their site. Except you theoretically could use any arbitrary sites you trust.