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I think you just made a case for DuckDuckGo or (e.g.) LastPass to provided an authentication servive.

Mind you, products would have to adopt it. But from a sec + privacy perspective it makes sense to have a 3rd party whose biz model isn't to harvest your personal details.

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This was OpenID, which lets you choose your third-party provider at will, or even self-host.

It's mostly dead now. People wanted the convenience of FB/GOOG/TWIT over the freedom of self-hosting.

But everybody just uses some library for that stuff, I wonder why there aren't visible "Log In with [list of 80 OpenAuth providers]" sites or services.

The issue is UX: I’d much prefer a widget that had three or four common providers and then an advanced mode that lets me pick an alternative

Mozilla Persona tried this. It was a good user experience, but it never gained enough traction and eventually they shut it down.

Maybe it could be different now? Or maybe it's not a solo effort? If multiple companies leveraged their traction (read: user base) maybe it could work.

God knows we need something. It's not safe "outside."

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