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This looks like any other public key crypto authentication (U2F) but more complex and less universally adopted? How is this better than OIDC?
by wepple 2y ago
This looks like any other public key crypto authentication (U2F) but more complex and less universally adopted?
How is this better than OIDC?
- radicality 2y agoI guess it’s pretty similar, it’s just pub/priv key verification in the end. Imo the benefit would be that on top of just proving you’re you (logging in), you can perform many other actions. One example where could be used is micropayments, which is imo unsolved problem on the internet. Sometimes I’m browsing and end up on some newspaper paywall which asks me for credit card and yearly subscriptions. Not doing that. But if I were to click a button and get a message to sign saying “Spend 2 cents to view this article?”, and see the article 2 seconds later, I would go ahead and do it.