Examples
Digital identity platforms that allow users to log onto third-party websites, applications, mobile devices and gaming systems with their existing identity, i.e. enable social login, include:
- Microsoft account - Formerly Windows Live ID
- Facebook; the federation functionality is called Facebook Connect
- Yahoo! - not only can users use their Yahoo! ID to log onto other sites, but users can log onto Yahoo! with their Google or Facebook IDs.
- PayPal
- Foursquare
- MySpace
- AOL
- Mozilla Persona
In many cases there is also the possibility to exchange profile information about the user with the third party site, for example name, address, email, and photo.
Read more about this topic: Federated Identity
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