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July 15, 2011 01:05 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/NggM_Uw59lM/Mozilla-BrowserID-Decentralized-Federated-Login
Mozilla BrowserID: Decentralized, Federated Login
An anonymous reader writes "Mozilla Labs has just launched the prototype of its BrowserID project and the accompanying Verified Email Protocol standard. Basically, BrowserID is a browser-based federated login provider like Facebook Connect, but without the privacy leaks. Fundamentally, BrowserID is public key encryption. You register an email address with your browser, which is then confirmed with a standard 'click here to confirm' email. A public/private key pair is then generated; your browser keeps the private key, and your email provider keeps the public key. Now, when you visit Facebook (or any site that supports BrowserID), your browser gives Facebook your email address and an identity token signed with your private key. Facebook queries your email provider for your public key, decrypts your identity token, and logs you in — voila, secure, private, browser-based logins. Oh, and the prototype is written in HTML and JavaScript — so it works across every modern browser, too." 
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