Where Is Identity Management Heading?

Five years ago Mozilla launched an identity management system, Persona (originally called BrowserID). At the time, a sense of optimism was in the air. Everyone thought the new technology would ease the strain of remembering numerous passwords to gain access to various websites.

The alternative, outsourcing unified identity management to social media giants including Twitter, Facebook and Google, raised data privacy and reliability concerns. So everyone hoped that Persona would emerge as a strong unified authentication system and a credible alternative.

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