[Distutils] Google Auth is broken for PyPI
"Martin v. Löwis"
martin at v.loewis.de
Tue Feb 10 19:06:44 CET 2015
Am 10.02.15 um 18:33 schrieb Donald Stufft:
>> Can you please elaborate on that position? Why is it useful to have
>> separate accounts on separate systems?
>
> Sure.
Thanks! Just one comment - without the desire to get into a long-winded
discussion.
> 1. I feel like the goal of federated auth has failed in general and is unlikely
> to ever succeed. As a user of websites I have over 400 different entries in
> my password manager, even if 50% of them implement federated auth (which I
> feel like is a high number but that's not backed by math, just gut feeling)
> that's still over 200 entries I need to maintain in my password manager. In
> this case federated auth has not meaningfully reduced the burden of
> maintaining password for me since maintaining 200 isn't any easier than 400
> and instead it just complicates my login flow
I think this is your personal usage primarily. A lot of user just avoid
having to use a password manager, and use the same password on many
systems. (Of course, many people also *do* use different passwords, and
some also use passwords managers)
Regards,
Martin
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