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The Web Authentication standard [0] seems super useful and something we really need in the web. [0] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Authen
by hiccuphippo 7y ago
The Web Authentication standard [0] seems super useful and something we really need in the web.
[0] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Authentication_API https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Authent...
- lucideer 7y agoYeah, this is pretty great. It's also comes from the W3C, not the WHATWG. (it might be a bit lost in the hierarchy of the thread by now, but the original comment was about the WHATWG taking over and monopolising the normal considered and democratic standardisation process of the W3C with their HTML5 "living" spec.)
- tialaramex 7y agoW3C was a good fit for WebAuthn because the W3C is a body for corporations and by its nature WebAuthn is built and primarily implemented by corporations. Not a criticism, by the way, sometimes that's just the right fit.
- wahern 7y agoHuh? The WHATWG steering committee is Apple, Mozilla, Google, and Microsoft. WHATWG's legitimacy (such as it is) doesn't come from being non-corporate, it comes from being entirely controlled by the top corporate browser vendors and thus reflecting the de facto state of affairs regarding how and when and why features are defined and implemented. If the WHATWG disappeared nothing would change because the top vendors are going to pick & choose W3C standards, anyhow.
- tialaramex 7y agoSorry, I was thinking out loud, I was contrasting the other obvious place to standardise this - the distinctly non-corporate IETF. WHATWG makes no sense for something like WebAuthn