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The only thing the web identity ecosystem needs is another independent standard – said no one ever.

JWT is already a thing, as is X.509, OAuth/OpenID, WebAuthn... Just use a combination of these that best fits your use case.

"But this new standard will be the true unifying one". Nope, it will not. The most it will do is get some share of usage and add to the chaos.


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