> In other news, I’ve discovered a new level of this hell. Because I used Facebook as a login service for my account with the DMV I am now unable to pay my vehicle taxes nor renew my registration/tags online.
It's ironic that Jeff Atwood phrased OpenID/third party logins as an internet driver's license. 10 years later, we've learned the pitfalls of such a system, namely that your login is at the mercy of organizations without customer support, and they can turn you off for no personally attributable reason.
It's ironic that Jeff Atwood phrased OpenID/third party logins as an internet driver's license. 10 years later, we've learned the pitfalls of such a system, namely that your login is at the mercy of organizations without customer support, and they can turn you off for no personally attributable reason.
https://blog.codinghorror.com/your-internet-drivers-license/