The Future of Online Identity Is Decentralized
If anything, my bet is the future of identity is more centralized.<p>Decentralized solutions, as I&#x27;ve read about them in their current form, require a significant amount of technical knowledge to understand. That is, to understand both what they are and, more importantly, their benefits (&quot;why does this specific solution matter to me?&quot;). Past that, the user experience is extremely poor in comparison to  clicking &quot;log in with Google&quot;, and I&#x27;m not convinced it can ever fully get there.<p>It is for those reasons that I think centralized identity is here to stay long term. Most people aren&#x27;t going to spend the time to learn about this because they just want the easiest solution and don&#x27;t care about their data being sold. I know several people in tech that fully understand the extent of how their data is used by internet corps, and don&#x27;t mind it because they prefer convenience for free. And I think that&#x27;s OK--it&#x27;s their informed choice.<p>Personally, I try to login with email most of the time, and that&#x27;s the limit of my drive to care about the security of my personal data. But my email is gmail, so I doubt it really makes a difference from login with Google.