Why can’t we have federated identity to login into fediverse instead of creating login for each instance?

  • @[email protected]
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    251 year ago

    Because then there would need to be a centralized entity to host all user accounts, and we don’t want centralization 'round here

    • @[email protected]
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      81 year ago

      You could do what Oauth does, allowing many providers to create credentials. That’s what some sites already use to let you login with google/Facebook/etc on their site. Except you theoretically could use any arbitrary sites you trust.

      • @[email protected]
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        61 year ago

        and then when your main instance shuts down you can’t log into any again. So what’s the benefit asides from bypassing defederation? (And this wouldn’t even be a benefit, because instances defederate because they don’t like the users, so if you let people log in with oauth from a hated instance then you’d also get defederated

        • @[email protected]
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          11 year ago

          exactly what I was thinking

          and on top of that what happens with a proven bad actor

          would they be allowed to just jump to a new instance to harrass people?

    • @[email protected]
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      51 year ago

      And all of the “decentralized” options are wrapped in crypto schemes and tax considerations.