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		wahsd on May 1, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Introducing Anonymous Login and an Updated Faceboo... It's a pretty significant move and a big shift towards Agent Zuckerberg's ultimate goal of replacing the internet and freedom of information and privacy. Can someone give me some perspective on why Mozilla's Persona is not used more for authentication purposes?

blackoil on May 1, 2014 [–]

It ain't backed by any popular service, so very few people use it, so very few dev implement it, so very few people use it ....

danabramov on May 1, 2014 | [–]

There's recently been a post by Mozilla themselves explaining why Persona failed.

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