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		dave1010uk on July 14, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Introducing BrowserID: A better way to sign in Wasn't one of the benefits that you don't need to rely on a third party service?

JoshTriplett on July 14, 2011 | [–]

The third-party service handles the case where the user's browser doesn't handle BrowserID natively, which makes it possible to adopt this service without waiting for user's browsers to catch up.

ignifero on July 14, 2011 | [–]

I believe you will definately rely on one (of many possible) 3rd parties.

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