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I wish they would implement an (open, as in, non-corporate) social network and single-sign-on system on top of that. It would be a killer combination, making a

by return0 14y ago

I wish they would implement an (open, as in, non-corporate) social network and single-sign-on system on top of that. It would be a killer combination, making a firefox tablet more easily marketable.

dagingaa 14y ago
Persona perhaps? https://login.persona.org/ https://login.persona.org/
- return0 14y ago
  Is it a part of firefoxOS? It could be a great way to push browserID adoption.
  - dailycavalier 14y ago
    It is part of the Marketplace (bundled app store) in Firefox OS. I don't believe Persona is the main identity system in Firefox OS at the moment, but it's very possible it could be in a future version.
  - callahad 14y ago
    Yep! As I understand it, FxOS will ship with a native implementation the Persona APIs. However, I don't believe the devices require any sort of attached identity until you try to make your first purchase in the Marketplace, so it's not like the unboxing experience will be used to bootstrap Persona.
- graue 14y ago
  Persona is not a social network, though, just an identity system. But there has been talk of the Persona team potentially cooperating with the Tent (https://tent.io https://tent.io) team. (edited to remove slangy word "rumblings")
  - kibwen 14y ago
    Rumblings?
callahad 14y ago
There are already lots of smart people (Tent, Diaspora, etc.) working on opening up and decentralizing social networking, which is super awesome. The foundation for that future is already being built, and you can help out: https://tent.io/contribute https://tent.io/contribute http://diasporaproject.org/get_involved http://diasporaproject.org/get_involved As for Single-Sign-On, Persona can already take care of that, today, for virtually any domain / browser combo. You can help out on that, too: https://github.com/mozilla/browserid https://github.com/mozilla/browserid The future will be even better if the Tent and Diaspora folks make it easy for their servers to also function as Identity Providers for Persona's protocol. FWIW, it seems like there's interest on both sides to make this happen.

by return0 14y ago

I wish they would implement an (open, as in, non-corporate) social network and single-sign-on system on top of that. It would be a killer combination, making a firefox tablet more easily marketable.

dagingaa 14y ago

Persona perhaps? https://login.persona.org/ https://login.persona.org/

return0 14y ago
Is it a part of firefoxOS? It could be a great way to push browserID adoption.
- dailycavalier 14y ago
  It is part of the Marketplace (bundled app store) in Firefox OS. I don't believe Persona is the main identity system in Firefox OS at the moment, but it's very possible it could be in a future version.
- callahad 14y ago
  Yep! As I understand it, FxOS will ship with a native implementation the Persona APIs. However, I don't believe the devices require any sort of attached identity until you try to make your first purchase in the Marketplace, so it's not like the unboxing experience will be used to bootstrap Persona.
graue 14y ago
Persona is not a social network, though, just an identity system. But there has been talk of the Persona team potentially cooperating with the Tent (https://tent.io https://tent.io) team. (edited to remove slangy word "rumblings")
- kibwen 14y ago
  Rumblings?

callahad 14y ago

There are already lots of smart people (Tent, Diaspora, etc.) working on opening up and decentralizing social networking, which is super awesome. The foundation for that future is already being built, and you can help out: https://tent.io/contribute https://tent.io/contribute http://diasporaproject.org/get_involved http://diasporaproject.org/get_involved As for Single-Sign-On, Persona can already take care of that, today, for virtually any domain / browser combo. You can help out on that, too: https://github.com/mozilla/browserid https://github.com/mozilla/browserid The future will be even better if the Tent and Diaspora folks make it easy for their servers to also function as Identity Providers for Persona's protocol. FWIW, it seems like there's interest on both sides to make this happen.