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jokoon04/02/20252 repliesview on HN

> There are a surprising number of valid use cases that need cross-domain auth

I am not a web developer, but I would disagree with that.

Either web standards respect privacy or they don't, but I would not sacrifice privacy for anything.

Firefox was right to prevent tracking, it highlights how webstandards are just not good. I something doesn't work properly in a firefox private window, to me it should not exist.


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dwattttt04/02/2025

Authentication requires the opposite of privacy. If you don't want to be identified, you can't restrict anything to your identity.

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kibwen04/02/2025

The status quo appears to involve handing over your account password to your chosen client. That's worse than this.

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