Ask HN: Is it the time to introduce OProfile like OAuth
I had big hopes with the Open authentication or even with properties like Google and Facebook that they will ultimately solve this problem. But that never happened.
Infact, I have had bad experiences with spammy and dubious sites which ask for Facebook authentication,
I was thinking if there's a scope for much more elegant solution. To collect information in layered format from my name, email address, age, sex, location, interest, etc but to never store my password.
Can this solution solve privacy problem ?. There will be always site who would like to understand more from my usage patterns and behaviour.
But why, why today there isn't an elegant solution to share basic profile information with sites just for purpose of using it.
Would it make sense to add profile layer to authentication information by such open source solution.
Or to introduce a standard which define shareable profile information from one app to another. Do we know or don't we have right to know what facebook/linkedin can share with others ?