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> You're looking at this from a western perspective. Some non-western countries are entirely linked by Facebook products. When Facebook went down last week, som
by Minor49er 5y ago
> You're looking at this from a western perspective. Some non-western countries are entirely linked by Facebook products. When Facebook went down last week, some people couldn't access their BANKS. You OK with that?
Wasn't this because DNS servers were effectively DDoS'd when applications overwhelmed them with requests looking for Facebook without caching the response? Or are there actually banks out there that require Facebook to log in?
- pzo 5y agoSo many people these days instead of creating separate account to some websites (login/password) the use instead integrated Login via Facebook button. I tried to educate friends and family not to use this feature even for the reason that if their FB account will be blocked they will loose access to many other websites. However many people give up because it's not so convenient as to just clicking one FB button.
- greenail 5y agoI agree that single sign on takes advantage of people not understanding what they give up when they choose FB/Google for SSO. What government policy could fix that? The fallback seems to be that people just re-use their email address in all their accounts.
- smegger001 5y agowhich probably brings them back to a google or microsoft email account. back in the early twenty teens facebook even tried running a email service but killed it latter. if this were to happen it would probably make a comeback.
- Minor49er 5y agoI have accounts with a couple of banks and can't say I've ever seen them using OAuth. But if they did, I'd consider other banking options.
- smegger001 5y agohow is using OAuth any different from using your email for a password reset.
- Minor49er 5y agoI would not want to rely on a social media company to vouch for my identity for something as crucial as my finances