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Will Facebook Become the Net's SSO?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the how-about-no dept.

lordDallan writes "Simson Garfinkel at MIT Technology Review muses on the idea of your Facebook account becoming an 'Internet Driver's License', ruminating on the idea of an individual's Facebook login becoming their single sign on for the web. I say NO THANKS!!"

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  1. Like a bridge over troubled water... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    My single-site login would be the sound of silence, as I have no Facebook account.

  2. Re:As a web application developer... by TheL0ser · · Score: 5, Funny

    I sense apprehension. But that's ok. You'll grow to love Facebook. Everyone loves Big Br.... I mean, Facebook.

  3. Re:I never understood the mark of the beast folks, by dangitman · · Score: 3, Funny

    what is wrong for facebook.

    I, for one am happy that pictures from my teenage years will be archived.

    And yes I am a teenager.. yeah typical facebook user... suck on that.

    Ahh, the wisdom, careful planning and immaculate grammar of youth.

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    ... and then they built the supercollider.