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		stavros on Feb 3, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why we love Mozilla Persona If I recall correctly, the in-browser stuff is just a UI for selecting your email address and contacting your identity provider.

riquito on Feb 3, 2014 [–]

I wouln't say "just". It solves an important problem, the fact that the site you are logging in could have a javascript keylogger to read the password you are going to enter.

stavros on Feb 3, 2014 | [–]

Oh, certainly, I meant "just" as in "just the client-side part of the protocol".

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