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12:22 Avri Chen-Roth Interview

PocketID and OpenID Connect
Home lab authentication problem
Commercial solutions largely PAAS
LDAP and Active Directory
OpenID Connect
Apps don't save credentials
New open source standard
Compatible with large service providers
Passkeys
Storing passkeys
Why PocketID?
Setting up PocketID
On boarding PocketID
Converting existing accounts to PocketID
Groups
OAuth 2.0
WebAuthn
LDAP Sync

41:10 Retired Phone Computing

What to do with old cellphones
Using old phones for cluster compute
Thermal runaway
Major challenge is distributing the load
Getting Linux on the phones
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