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why does the fediverse not serve the authentication problem? (lemmy.ml)
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I still have many different accounts on matrix, lemmy, mastodon, etc. and although you may communicate somehow, it doesn't work properly.

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[-] taladar@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

a token that you’ve been authenticated against your home instance.

I assume you are talking about OpenId Connect (or OAuth 2.0 but that is basically what OpenId Connect is based on) here. The crucial bit that didn't really work out with this is the part where users just specify their OpenId Connect provider at login time. All uses I have seen in at least 10 years have a fixed list of providers to choose from because of these trust issues.

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