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So the problem: managing different accounts across different sites/“services” is annoying. The solution: you pay (crucial point no one is mentioning - no one i
by uncomputation 5y ago
So the problem: managing different accounts across different sites/“services” is annoying.
The solution: you pay (crucial point no one is mentioning - no one is going to pay for this) to register a domain which acts as your internet passport/bank account across every site that supports it and to access this account you will need an auto generated private key which will need to be stored somewhere because it’s too long to be memorized, requiring a password manager which is where we are at right now already.
Considering Google SSO would also integrate with Google Pay, I’m not quite sure of the unique value prop here besides distributed systems woo that only nerds like us care about. Plus the current gas fees for Ethereum are one of the top
complaints about it from end users. Nothing is going to sour the first experience more than seeing “DOMAIN FOR JUST $5 ^*(+ $39.99 shipping and handling)” It almost seems irresponsible from an adoption standpoint to make such bold claims about the tech with such huge issues like this still unsolved.
- nunez 5y agoI think the bigger risk with this model is single companies acting as SSO proxies (to simplify the management of all this) and shifting risk from Google/Facebook holding credentials to $insertEntityHere.