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why #mastodon & other #fediverse instances won't provide #OpenID to use across web and to be able to login in to multiple web apps (including but not limited to fediverse) (aus.social)

submitted 1 day ago by pepper0@aus.social to c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml

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why #mastodon & other #fediverse instances won't provide #OpenID to use across web and to be able to login in to multiple web apps (including but not limited to fediverse)

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[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Because it requires trust of other instances admins.

[-] pepper0@aus.social -1 points 1 day ago

@slazer2au
>Because it requires trust of other instances admins.
nah, I don't think so, it should work like email OR ActivityPub concept. no explicit pre whitelisting required.

[-] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 6 points 1 day ago

This is off topic. This is a support community for Lemmy specifically. It is more appropriate to post this in something like !fediverse@lemmy.world

this post was submitted on 26 Aug 2025

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