A few weeks ago I published this post describing my frustration, as an app developer, with the clumsiness of having to enter a 50 character hash in order to login to a new Steem app.
I proposed a new scheme whereby somebody could agree to have his/her posting key stored on a third party server, which would allow login to any participating Steem app using his/her Google email address and password.
The posting key allows most everyday operations on the Steem blockchain, such as posting, upvoting and commenting.
It does not allow sensitive transactions, such as transferring Steems.
The login procedure would make use of Google support for OAuth2 authentication and would also work with other mainstream social networks such as FB, Twitter, Instragram, etc.
This is made almost seamless on most handsets and web browsers.
I would be very grateful if you could take a minute to answer the following question through this poll, and maybe expand on your answer with a comment.
Would you use your Google/FB/Twitter/etc. credentials to login to your favorite Steem apps?
Yes, definitely!
Possibly, but I would need to be convinced further
I'm not sure
No, I wouldn't trust storing my private key on a 3rd party server
No, it goes against decentralization principles
No, other reason
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Yes, definitely!
(28.57%)
4
/ 14
28.57% Complete (success)
No, I wouldn't trust storing my private key on a 3rd party server
(28.57%)
4
/ 14
28.57% Complete (success)
No, other reason
(21.43%)
3
/ 14
21.43% Complete (success)
No, it goes against decentralization principles
(14.29%)
2
/ 14
14.29% Complete (success)
Possibly, but I would need to be convinced further
(7.14%)
1
/ 14
