login

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login (AKA sign-in) is a feature of many websites where a user is asked to provide a username (often an email address) and password in order to gain (more) access to the site; the IndieWebCamp wiki uses IndieLogin for delegated sign-in; other sites or services directly use IndieAuth for delegated sign-in.

Delegated Sign-in

(stub, consider making a separate page if this grows too big)

Delegated sign-in is a growing method for websites to allow signing-in via a third party authentication provider, instead of every website asking users to create a new username & password (and submit their email address).

Delegated Sign-in Standards

There are several standardized delegated sign-in protocols

Obsolete (per https://openid.net/developers/specs/)

Delegated Sign-in Services

There are services that implement one or more delegated sign-in protocols

Proprietary Delegated Sign-in

There are several popular proprietary delegated sign-in services that are often displayed together on a website using delegated sign-in:

Six 'sign in with' buttons for Google, Facebook, Twitter, Github, email, phone methods
Screenshot from the article The Decline of OpenID.

Examples from the above screenshot:

Displaying such a variety of brands/logos/appearances is also known as the NASCAR problem.

The following from the screen shot are not examples of delegated sign-in:

  • Sign in with email β€” not delegated, this typically depends on an email-based service-specific account and password, though some services may use a one-time emailed authorization link.
  • Sign in with phone β€” also not delegated, this typically depends on a one-time code sent via SMS to a mobile phone

Silo Examples

Typepad's login form includes options for Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Yahoo, AOL/AIM, Blogger, LiveJournal, and Wordpress.com as of 2019-11-08. Notably, Myspace and AIM no longer exist.

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