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		ams6110 on Aug 9, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Persona makes signing in easy for Gmail users Not clear to me why we would trust "email providers" to do a great (i.e. well-implemented, secure, etc.) job at providing authentication services.

vidarh on Aug 9, 2013 [–]

Then pick someone who does convince you, or run your own authentication. The point is that it is designed to be decentralised.

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