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Great post! The impersonation vs. delegation framing is spot on.

Even in enterprise SSO, proper delegation is clunky. We've toyed with OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange (RFC 8693), but support is patchy and confusing. An actor claim baked into tokens would add much-needed auditability.

Nice move by Supabase switching to asymmetric JWTs, eliminating the need to always call getUser() for verification should noticeably reduce latency at the edge; curious if anyone’s benchmarked how much faster auth.getClaims() actually is in practice compared to getUser()?

This is a cool idea, so many keyword tools feel unnecessarily gated these days. Love that this removes friction: no signup, instant results, and CSV export without paywalls sounds super useful, especially for quick research sessions or testing out early-stage content ideas.

We have reached a point where most B2B SaaS companies support SSO, but there is still a lot of confusion around which protocol to choose: SAML or OIDC. Both serve the same goal and allow users to authenticate using a trusted Identity Provider. We wrote a deep-dive comparison including when to use each, and gotchas to avoid.

A reminder that even MFA isn’t foolproof—app-specific passwords can be a weak link. This attack shows how trust and timing, not tech, were the real weapons. Best to avoid ASPs and use OAuth or passkeys when possible. Big thanks to Google and Citizen Lab for sharing this.

because SSO is implemented using various protocols like SAML, OAuth 2.0, and OIDC, each with different use cases, data formats, and security models. Identity providers also have custom implementations, which lead to variations in endpoints, token formats, and user info structures, making a universal API flow difficult to standardize.

This is a fantastic breakdown of the real-world benefits of SSO—not just from the end-user perspective, but also from a developer and business standpoint. I especially appreciate the points about centralized user access control and reduced IT overhead, which are often overlooked when evaluating SSO adoption.

Excellent breakdown, this clearly illustrates why SSO is only half the story and PAM is essential for securing real privileged access.

A thought-provoking and realistic take on the evolving role of security engineers in the age of AI, versatility and orchestration are clearly the future.