OAuth

For example, OAuth is a core aspect of DiSo because it enables site-to-site permissioning and safer [...]

2008 | FactoryCity 2008

For example, OAuth is a core aspect of DiSo because it enables site-to-site permissioning and safer data access.

Where we’re going with Activity Streams | FactoryCity 2008

OAuth is like a valet key for all your web services.

Announcing OAuth 1.0 Public Draft 1 | FactoryCity 2007

Announcing OAuth 1.0 Public Draft 1 OAuth is like a valet key for all your web services.

Announcing OAuth 1.0 Public Draft 1 | FactoryCity 2007

So creating a standardized interface that can be accessed by social network applications through OAuth is just as important as creating a method of displaying this information.

OAuth 1.0, OpenID 2.0 and up next: DiSo | FactoryCity 2007

The value of getting these apps switched over to OAuth is high, and we’re not gonna be sticklers about it

Twitter can has OAuth? | FactoryCity 2009

Better is that this approach is already supported in OAuth, it’s just not widely used yet (though is similar to how Flickr authorizes mobile clients).

Lightweight access PINs: a modest proposal for enabling OpenID in desktop and mobile apps | FactoryCity 2008

It’s also why OAuth is important to the mix, so that when you arrive at a public URL identifier-slash-OpenID, you can ask for access to certain things (like sending the person a message), and the owner of that identifier can decide whether to grant you that privilege or not.

It’s high time we moved to URL-based identifiers | FactoryCity 2008

OAuth is a great idea, but how do you convince Joe Shmoe that it’s worth him figuring out?

Public nuisance #1: Importing your contacts | FactoryCity 2007

Users will be able to authorize an application via a protocol called OAuth and allow it to send actions to Digg on their behalf.

Digg Bets Big On A New API 2009