Long time software architect, CTO Authress, creating application security plug-ins for any software application with Authress. Talk to me about security in microservices or service authorization.
Wouldn't it be better to use a federated login so that you don't have to remember passwords at all? There are so many of these that exist, why not use one?
Doesn't that open you up to losing access to multiple websites if, for some reason, you lose access to the "main" site? For example, if for some reason you lost access to your Google account, you would lose all access to any account where you used that as the login.
Long time software architect, CTO Authress, creating application security plug-ins for any software application with Authress. Talk to me about security in microservices or service authorization.
Would you prefer that every room in your house is always locked with a different key?
Do you store those keys in separate pockets?
What do you do with your spare keys?
What happens when you lose your keyring, don't you just ask your building manager to get you a new one?
Comparing the state of tech to physical world should plainly show how ridiculous it is to use different user name and password on every site, doesn't it?
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Wouldn't it be better to use a federated login so that you don't have to remember passwords at all? There are so many of these that exist, why not use one?
If you can, yes, use it. But there are many companies where that's not possible.
Doesn't that open you up to losing access to multiple websites if, for some reason, you lose access to the "main" site? For example, if for some reason you lost access to your Google account, you would lose all access to any account where you used that as the login.
Comparing the state of tech to physical world should plainly show how ridiculous it is to use different user name and password on every site, doesn't it?