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DID
The simplest way to add passwordless auth to websites & apps
DID is the fastest and simplest way to get authentication done on your website. DID authenticates with a key pair stored on the user’s device. Authentication is instant and passwordless. DID is an identity provider compatible with Oauth and Open ID Connect.
Hi everyone,
We are Peter and Richard and we are excited to share DID with you.
DID was created so that we could all stop using passwords. Most of us have too many passwords and we don't like using them. Not wanting to remember the details of another account is often the reason I don't sign up for a new service.
Creating DID has show us there can be a better way to handle authenticating for a service.
We really like it and hope you do to.
Let us know what you think, and we are of course happy to answer any questions.
Cheers
@yatima_k The alternatives you mentioned make it very easy to do Authentication the established way, for example using email + password. We aim to offer just one way to do authentication, that is the way your users will find simplest.
@duarteosrm Thanks Duarte. I think there is certainly potential for supercharging conversion rates, particularly once a DID user who already has already trusted a device visits a new website using DID, they can sign in with just one click. There is such a lot of friction with asking a user to choose a username and password. Our challenge is evidencing that improvement in conversion rate in order to sell that as a feature. Hopefully in time, working with our community of users, we'll be in a position to evidence significant improvement in conversion rate.
I've previously liked the idea of using social accounts, which prevents the user from having to deal with yet another password. Plus you can rely on that social network's security measures. However, I've always hated that you're essentially locking your users into a 3d party company. With DID's approach, you have the same benefits, without the lock-in!
@almarklein cheers.
Another problem that we aim to fix vs those social login solution, is that we don't have a business model that relies on tracking our end users as the sign in to different services
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