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Re: OAuth 2.0 implementation

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From Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au>
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Subject Re: OAuth 2.0 implementation
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Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> writes:

> In article <87haxahh51.fsf@benfinney.id.au>,
>  Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> wrote:
> > As someone who uses OpenID, what can I read about why OAuth is better?
>
> OpenID is for people who worry about things like how OpenID is different 
> from OAuth.  Oauth is for people who have no idea what OAuth is and just 
> want to be able to log into web sites using their Facebook account.

So, if I want to be free to choose an identity provider I trust, and
it's not Facebook or Google or Twitter or other privacy-hostile
services, how does OAuth help me do that?

What can I read for how to become an OAuth user that doesn't assume I
want a “social networking” provider involved in my identity
transactions?

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Ben Finney

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OAuth 2.0 implementation Demian Brecht <demianbrecht@gmail.com> - 2012-03-26 19:42 -0700
  Re: OAuth 2.0 implementation Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-03-27 14:11 +1100
    Re: OAuth 2.0 implementation Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-03-26 23:30 -0400
      Re: OAuth 2.0 implementation Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-03-27 14:49 +1100
        Re: OAuth 2.0 implementation Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-03-26 23:57 -0400
          Re: OAuth 2.0 implementation Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-03-27 15:24 +1100
            Re: OAuth 2.0 implementation Jack Diederich <jackdied@gmail.com> - 2012-03-27 01:24 -0400
            Re: OAuth 2.0 implementation Demian Brecht <demianbrecht@gmail.com> - 2012-03-26 22:30 -0700
              Re: OAuth 2.0 implementation Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-03-27 10:18 -0400
                Re: OAuth 2.0 implementation Demian Brecht <demianbrecht@gmail.com> - 2012-03-27 10:54 -0700
                Re: OAuth 2.0 implementation Mark Hammond <skippy.hammond@gmail.com> - 2012-03-28 14:42 +1100
    Re: OAuth 2.0 implementation Stuart Bishop <stuart@stuartbishop.net> - 2012-03-27 16:59 +0700
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    Re: OAuth 2.0 implementation Roland Hedberg <roland@catalogix.se> - 2012-03-27 15:36 +0200
  Re: OAuth 2.0 implementation Demian Brecht <demianbrecht@gmail.com> - 2012-07-05 07:06 -0700
    Re: OAuth 2.0 implementation Alec Taylor <alec.taylor6@gmail.com> - 2012-07-06 01:19 +1000
      Re: OAuth 2.0 implementation Demian Brecht <demianbrecht@gmail.com> - 2012-07-05 10:48 -0700
      Re: OAuth 2.0 implementation Demian Brecht <demianbrecht@gmail.com> - 2012-07-05 10:48 -0700
        Re: OAuth 2.0 implementation Demian Brecht <demianbrecht@gmail.com> - 2012-07-06 08:38 -0700
        Re: OAuth 2.0 implementation Demian Brecht <demianbrecht@gmail.com> - 2012-07-06 08:38 -0700
          Re: OAuth 2.0 implementation Alec Taylor <alec.taylor6@gmail.com> - 2012-07-07 04:41 +1000
          RE: OAuth 2.0 implementation "Demian Brecht" <demianbrecht@gmail.com> - 2012-07-06 11:49 -0700
          Re: OAuth 2.0 implementation Alec Taylor <alec.taylor6@gmail.com> - 2012-07-07 04:58 +1000

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