Ask HN: What authentication methods do you prefer?

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by avree • 15 years ago

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I work for a startup called Getaround, where we currently require Facebook for login. We're looking at alternative options, since many users are uncomfortable with using Facebook as their authentication method. Assuming that an actual website account system is out of the question, what auth methods do you prefer? OpenID? Twitter? Google Accounts?

forcer• 15 years ago

I use FB, Google accounts but only on sites I trust. If I don't trust the site and there is no classic u/p system then I leave

toadi• 15 years ago

Why would you sign up on untrusted sites?

thristian• 15 years ago

There's a difference between "I trust this website with access to my primary online identity" (Google/Facebook) and "I trust this website with a made-up username, one-off password and throwaway email address".

staunch• 15 years ago

How do you determine whether to trust a site or not?

JoachimSchipper• 15 years ago

Why not just use username/password? It sucks in well-known ways and quantities, and usually less than the alternatives.

Just be sure to store the passwords properly (bcrypt or somesuch).

AdamGibbins• 15 years ago

I generate random passwords for every site, I don't like SSO provided by Facebook, Twitter and Google etc, its insecure and places the trust in a single companies hands.

If you don't allow me to register normally (i.e. without a single signon mechanism) I likely won't register.

Ask HN: What authentication methods do you prefer?

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