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by njkleiner 2192 days ago
There actually is, kind of.

The IndieWeb[0] community has come up with a protocol called AutoAuth[1] that solves this exact problem.

It's only a rough draft at the moment and it is built upon the IndieAuth[2] protocol (which, in turn, is based on OAuth 2), but I think the way it works is highly fascinating.

Here[3] is a an overview of how it works.

[0]: https://indieweb.org/ [1]: https://indieweb.org/AutoAuth [2]: https://indieauth.spec.indieweb.org/ [3]: https://www.svenknebel.de/temp/autoauth.html