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Thanks for the explanation. Maybe my experience was tainted by the myriad times I've been asking to sign in to a service using Facebook, only to be met with a f

by jspash 13y ago

Thanks for the explanation. Maybe my experience was tainted by the myriad times I've been asking to sign in to a service using Facebook, only to be met with a form asking for my name, email and password. So what was all that FB nonsense about then? So to be fair, the Persona procedure was painless in that respect. Something that would have been helpful would be a bit more information at the first point of contact with Persona. Ok, so I've just gone to the site and clicked the Sign in or Register link, and the pop-up (ugh) that appears doesn't really explain anything. It asks me to sign in with my email. But you don't have my email yet. What am I signing in to? Is this one of those FB logins where you already know everything about me? And where is the registration page I was promised? I was given a choice, but now one of those choices is gone. There's a bit of a disconnect there. Soldiering on, if I enter a gmail email then Google's presence makes itself known. Why? Did I accidentally click a bookmark or something? Google wasn't mentioned before. Did I fall victim to a xss attack? No way am I signing in to this pop-up asking for the keys to the kingdom. I know I'm sounding a bit thick here, but I'm 100% certain my mother would've bailed by now. What is missing is some explanation as to why certain info is being asked for, and will it be shared with anyone. I have the option to agree to T&Cs and a Privacy Policy, but I still don't know why. Yes, I could click on the Learn more link at the bottom of the page, but I don't feel I should have to. I just want to register with the forum. Anyhow, I'll put chicken little back in the pen because I think I'm being kind of harsh. I applaud services such as Persona, but I've yet to use one that I would compel me to integrate it into one of my websites. If I can think of any more constructive criticisms I'll be sure to pass them along. Cheers!

StavrosK 13y ago
How does something like the following sound?: For this service, you can sign in with your email address. If you are using one of the supported email providers, you will be redirected to them to finish signup, otherwise you will be asked to create a Persona account. Your email provider will not know which sites you are signing in to, and we won't know your email password or other data.
- barrkel 13y ago
  I just tried out the forum.islington.cc registration (without being logged in to Google). The way it redirected me to a Google sign in when I gave a gmail address made me think it was going to end up using OpenID at the back end, something I have never used Google for. Personally, if I had to register for an account on a site that used Persona, I'd create a special barrkel.persona@gmail.com address (or something similar) to firewall it from my other gmail accounts.

by jspash 13y ago

StavrosK 13y ago

How does something like the following sound?: For this service, you can sign in with your email address. If you are using one of the supported email providers, you will be redirected to them to finish signup, otherwise you will be asked to create a Persona account. Your email provider will not know which sites you are signing in to, and we won't know your email password or other data.

barrkel 13y ago
I just tried out the forum.islington.cc registration (without being logged in to Google). The way it redirected me to a Google sign in when I gave a gmail address made me think it was going to end up using OpenID at the back end, something I have never used Google for. Personally, if I had to register for an account on a site that used Persona, I'd create a special barrkel.persona@gmail.com address (or something similar) to firewall it from my other gmail accounts.