On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 4:00 PM, Neil Van Dyke <n...@neilvandyke.org> wrote:
> > Floyd Arguello wrote on 02/26/2015 05:58 PM: > >> >> I like the idea of saving programs through a Google account, >> > > That might be fine for particular users of this particular app... but, as > a general comment, for people doing other Web-based apps, using "the cloud" > in this way is actually a really bad direction for privacy in most cases. > +1 > > (This is a serious and huge topic, which is mostly outside the scope of > Racket, and I doubt any of us want to get into the topic here by building > up from first principles. I just think that that kind of cloud use > shouldn't be mentioned in an impressionability-heavy venue like this, > without someone pointing out that it's not necessarily a good general > approach.) > > If anyone just wants quick&dirty storage for a Web app (online or > offline), the easiest thing to consider first is " > http://mozilla.github.io/localForage/";. You can look at the implications > from there, but it's one of the easiest and best starting points for most > Web app casual storage purposes at the moment. > Agreed. Also, for a really nice solution to the authentication problem (how can I authenticate users without telling their providers?), you might want to take a look at Mozilla Persona: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Persona John > Neil > > > ____________________ > Racket Users list: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/users >
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