Persona

👥kind protocolusage identityenc transporttopology federatedentity federated
started
2011
by
Mozilla, Ben Adida, Lloyd Hilaiel
homepage
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Identity/Persona_AAR
wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Persona

Mozilla's browser-mediated identity protocol (originally BrowserID). Identity rooted in an email address; any email provider could become a Verified Email Provider and act as IdP, with Mozilla running a fallback bridge for providers that hadn't yet. Designed as a simpler, privacy-preserving alternative to OpenID. Shut down November 2016 after weak uptake.

Inspired by