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WebFinger

Sat, 25 Oct 2025 20:19:02 +0000

WebFinger is used to discover information about people or other entities on the Internet that are identified by a URI using standard Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) methods over a secure transport. A WebFinger resource returns a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) object describing the entity that is queried. The JSON object is referred to as the JSON Resource Descriptor (JRD).

Tags: #identity #utils #web #webdev #webfinger

The Identity Theory of Autism: How Autistic Identity Is Experienced Differently » NeuroClastic

Wed, 31 May 2023 16:49:21 +0000

Autistic people’s identities were derived differently, not an amalgam of social intersections, but of the intersections of their values, interests, and experiences.

Tags: #autism #identity #imported:pinboard #psychology

The Identity Theory of Autism: How Autistic Identity Is Experienced Differently » NeuroClastic

Wed, 31 May 2023 16:49:21 +0000

Autistic people’s identities were derived differently, not an amalgam of social intersections, but of the intersections of their values, interests, and experiences.

Tags: #autism #identity #psychology

Web Identity Federation with Mobile Applications : Articles & Tutorials : Amazon Web Services

Sun, 05 Oct 2014 14:40:46 +0000

This article shows how WIF can be used to give many users a "Personal File Store" all housed within a single Amazon S3 bucket without the need for any backend infrastructure.

Tags: #amazon #identity #imported:pinboard #s3 #webdev #wif

Amazon Web Services Blog: AWS IAM Now Supports Amazon, Facebook, and Google Identity Federation

Sun, 03 Nov 2013 19:18:35 +0000

Web identity federation simplifies the development of cloud-backed applications that use public identity providers such as Facebook, Google, or the newly launched Login with Amazon service for authentication.

Tags: #amazon #aws #identity #imported:pinboard #webdev

Cross-client Identity - Google Accounts Authentication and Authorization — Google Developers

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:57:37 +0000

When developers build software, it routinely includes modules that run on a Web server, other modules that run in the browser, and others that run as native mobile apps. Both developers and the people who use their software typically think of all these modules as part of a single app. Google’s OAuth2 implementation supports this view of the world

Tags: #auth #gluecon #google #identity #imported:pinboard

ongoing by Tim Bray · On ID Tokens

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:50:11 +0000

ID Tokens are little chunks of text which claim that some particular person wants to tell some particular party out there that they’re signed in and authenticated by the Identity Provider that issued the token.

Tags: #gluecon #identity #imported:pinboard #oauth #security #webdev

Introduction to emerging JSON-based ID and Security protocols. Brian Campbell, Ping Identity. #gluecon (with tweets) · johnfontana · Storify

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:49:15 +0000

Introduction to emerging JSON-based ID and Security protocols. Brian Campbell, Ping Identity.

Tags: #gluecon #id #identity #imported:pinboard #json #ping #security #webdev

Mechanical Turk Workers Are Not Anonymous | Follow the Crowd

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:07:45 +0000

In fact, many workers even have a public Amazon profile page containing their real name and sometimes even a photo, at http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/workerID.

Tags: #amazon #identity #imported:pinboard #mechanicalturk #to:fb

Mechanical Turk Workers Are Not Anonymous | Follow the Crowd

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:07:45 +0000

In fact, many workers even have a public Amazon profile page containing their real name and sometimes even a photo, at http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/workerID.

Tags: #amazon #identity #mechanicalturk #to:fb

Setting Up a WebFinger Server

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 03:28:12 +0000

WebFinger is designed to be a very simple protocol that allows for automated service discovery. Further, it was designed so that any domain owner could run his or her own WebFinger server.

Tags: #identity #imported:pinboard #webdev #webfinger

Hackers hit supermarket self-checkout lanes, steal money from shoppers

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:47:07 +0000

Lucky Supermarkets has removed the tampered card readers, which were made by VeriFone, in the stores known to be affected and says it is enhancing security of every credit and debit card reader in all 234 of its stores. Joseph Steinberg, CEO of the security company Green Armor Solutions, released a statement saying "Everyone should always check any device in which they insert/swipe a credit/debit/ATM card, or to which they touch their card, to see if it looks like it may have been modified/covered."

Tags: #holyshit #identity #security #selfcheckout #skimmers #theft

XAuth

Fri, 28 May 2010 00:30:30 +0000

"XAuth is an open platform for extending authenticated user services across the web."

Tags: #identity #opensource #social #socialnetworking #webdev #xauth

Google XAuth Demo

Fri, 28 May 2010 00:29:56 +0000

"XAuth is a new open platform to extend authenticated user services across the web. Google can use XAuth to let other services know that a user is signed in to google.com. Those services can then create a user experience customized for Google users."

Tags: #demos #identity #xauth

poit: Simple, Single-user OpenID Authentication Server

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:44:50 +0000

"It is specifically geared towards people that demand total control of their OpenID identity without depending on another web application framework."

Tags: #identity #openid #poit #python