Ask Slashdot: What's Holding Up Single Sign-On?

Posted by timothy on Tuesday July 24, 2012 @07:35AM from the 2012-edition-but-ask-again-next-year dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Like most web users these days, I have enough accounts on enough websites – most of which have *inconsistent* password syntax restrictions — that when I need to log into a site I don't visit very often, I now basically just hit the "Forgot Password" button immediately. Microsoft's "Passport" gave us the promise of a single web sign-on. What happened to that idea? Why hasn't some bright spark (or ubiquitous web corporation) already made a fortune standardizing on one? I can now buy my coffee with my phone. Why do I have to still scratch my passwords on the underside of my desk?"

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Here by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-24 07:38 · Score: 5, Funny

I'll give you a single sign-on! Send all your login information to me and I'll set something up...
Re:er becuase its Microsoft ! by Damastus+the+WizLiz · 2012-07-24 07:41 · Score: 3, Funny

Why not, they probably hold your mortgage and your car loan.

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I've had single sign-on for years! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-24 07:43 · Score: 5, Funny

I simply use the same password for everything! Brilliant, I know!
Re:It's already here by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-24 07:56 · Score: 1, Funny

And yet it has still failed to properly support Unicode.