@sorwin to [email protected]English • 1 year agoWhy does federated software like Lemmy not use SSO from common providers?message-square15arrow-up12arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhy does federated software like Lemmy not use SSO from common providers?@sorwin to [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square15file-text
It seems like an easy way to share users across multiple instances without having to deal with actual registration / bots.
minus-squareDoubleCorelinkEnglish3•1 year agoI believe this is against the whole idea of the federation. Users are local to an instance on the federation.
minus-square@sorwinOPlinkEnglish2•1 year agoI don’t understand why it’s against federation. It’s no different than an instance offering sign-ins which are federated across all instances. In fact, it’s worse, anyone could create an instance and create malicious users.
I believe this is against the whole idea of the federation. Users are local to an instance on the federation.
I don’t understand why it’s against federation. It’s no different than an instance offering sign-ins which are federated across all instances. In fact, it’s worse, anyone could create an instance and create malicious users.