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What happens to my account if Persona dies or is temporarily down? Does that mean that I'm locked out?

• maxerickson 13y ago
  The online component of Persona only matters in the interim (nothing it provides is necessary to the protocol, it is all about lowering the bar for implementers/providing support for browsers without a built in implementation). In the long term, you have to worry about whatever identity provider you are using.
• StavrosK 13y ago
  Nothing depends on Persona. For example, see https://persowna.net/ https://persowna.net/, which I wrote and which you can use with your own domain for authentication. You can also install your own ID provider on your site and not rely on any third party.
  • drdaeman 13y ago
    And if "your" domain is suspended, revoked or just expired? You don't own a domain, you only temporarily lease it from a registrar. Just like with the email account with an email provider.
    • StavrosK 13y ago
      Yep, and that doesn't stop us from relying on email for our identity.
      • drdaeman 13y ago
        I doubt if it's true. From my experience, email is usually used only as a credential, not an identity. Some cloud evangelists try really hard to change that, though.
• Flimm 13y ago
  Your cookie stays valid if you haven't logged out.
• zanny 13y ago
  The goal is to not require a 3rd party server. If they could get the protocol in browsers natively, they don't need it.
  • deleted 13y ago
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