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Do websites get paid by Google to promote their SSO? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm vaguely aware of what single sign on is. Though I don't use it, it seemed non-intrusive. The most you would see buttons to login through Google, Facebook etc.

Now some sites have an entire banner pestering you to sign in through your Google account. It has a big continue button that takes you to Google and the button to close is a small x in the corner. On mobile this banner takes up a third of the screen.

Why do this?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Okta runs an annual “Oktane” user conference, which in 2018 featured former US President Barack Obama as a keynote speaker.

Finally, a resident expert in single sign on.