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Does this mean that Google implemented a Persona endpoint for Gmail, or that Mozilla is now using OpenID (or whatever it is Google uses now) to piggyback on Goo
by eslaught 13y ago
Does this mean that Google implemented a Persona endpoint for Gmail, or that Mozilla is now using OpenID (or whatever it is Google uses now) to piggyback on Google's existing login mechanisms?
- croikle 13y agoJudging by [1], the latter. 1: http://identity.mozilla.com/post/56526022621/what-is-an-identity-bridge http://identity.mozilla.com/post/56526022621/what-is-an-iden...
- callahad 13y agoCroikle's right. This is using Google's public OpenID endpoint to validate your email address, and bootstrap a Persona certificate. We did this independently of Google, though we are in informal contact with the relevant folks on that side of the Valley.