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is anyone else tired of being asked to sign up for an account to use xyz website? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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[–] 5 points 2 months ago (5 children)

One of the cool ideas of "web3" is that your accounts are in the browser, not the sites. So you would have cryptographic keys that would act as your account across Web sites.

I wish the idea would gain traction beyond just cryptocurrency projects/dapps.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (2 children)

    Then that facilitates tracking and fingerprinting with the same account being used everywhere? Or I understand it wrong

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    You would be able to choose if you share that information. You can use separate keys for separate sites if you want. I'm not really sure how this idea would make the current situation any worse.

    If anything, it's less PII than you would normally use to create accounts.

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