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Why can’t we have federated identity to login into fediverse instead of creating login for each instance?

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[-] ScaNtuRd@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

Because then there would need to be a centralized entity to host all user accounts, and we don't want centralization 'round here

[-] jhulten@infosec.pub 5 points 1 year ago

And all of the "decentralized" options are wrapped in crypto schemes and tax considerations.

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