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RE: Utopian.io must remove its dependency on Steemconnect!
I have mixed feelings about this.
If all 3rd party services use steemconnect, I keep myself safer since I don't need to share my private keys with every service I use.
However, this also centralizes the authentication services on steem and makes it a single point of failure.
Agreed - I've got mixed feelings on it as well. I personally have leaned more towards simply using the posting private key and saving it in the browser, as opposed to giving some entity out there permission to perform actions on my behalf.
In the end though - I don't think using a generic "posting" key or steemconnect are great options. They're just options we have now due to how the account system in steem works - which could use a facelift.
Would love to read your white paper for next hardfork!
Single Point of failure is what I worry about. If steemconnect does a better job, everyone's happy. But since this is not the case, I say let utopian.io handle "private posting keys" of users.
Your point is valid of course..