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Sam Goto @sgo.to · 25/09/2026

Wow, no way! I just installed the @atpassport.net Firefox extension and managed to log into a website using FedCM in Firefox using my own PDS. This is insane, I had no idea this was possible at all, and gives a whole opportunity for us to implement FedCM in Firefox (and maybe even Safari?).

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Sam Goto @sgo.to · 10/09/2026

I don't have a single tattoo, and likely never will, but getting a navier-stokes counter example would be pretty high on my list if it holds peer reviewing. I can't believe we got computers to come up with this, hard to believe I'm seeing this.

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Sam Goto @sgo.to · 01/09/2026

The one that I like most is what we've been calling the "save to autofill UX", which looks like this. This would show up when you are logging in to the IdP, say, bluesky.app. It would register the website as an IdP (with the permission of the user) so that it can be automatically discovered later.

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Sam Goto @sgo.to · 01/09/2026

The "worse case scenario" is when a user is (a) not logged in to any of the "listed idps" and (b) has never "registered" any idp. In which case, they get the following, which I, personally, think is reasonable.

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Sam Goto @sgo.to · 01/09/2026

The mental model I have of this UX is a "search box": you get 0-state suggestions with "listed IdPs" but as you type the browser starts discoverying new IdPs that conform to a search constrain specified by the relying party. Here, the user is offered to add an account based on what they typed:

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Sam Goto @sgo.to · 01/09/2026

By clicking on "Add another account" in the first prompt. When that happens, the browsers open an account selector, that allows you to add more accounts for "listed IdPs" but also to type your own (the same way you type an email address in an input box).

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Sam Goto @sgo.to · 01/09/2026

First, the happy case scenario, logging in to a website with your atproto account, say lealeft.pub. This is a good end state prompt: one that shows every atproto account you are logged in to (most users would only have one) and allows the user to select one.

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Sam Goto @sgo.to · 01/09/2026

@thisismissem.social @divy.zone and I recently went through an exploration of how the browser can help you login to websites with atproto accounts. We recently presented to the FedID CG and here is a sneak peek in case you couldn't join! This is early but we'd love your input before we go too far!

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Sam Goto @sgo.to · 06/07/2026

Mangia che ti fa bene!!

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Sam Goto @sgo.to · 06/07/2026

Went back for the first time to my highschool in Treviso after almost 27 years!

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Sam Goto @sgo.to · 03/07/2026

Things are moving so fast with EVP that if you flip this flag: chrome://flags/#enable-experimental-web-platform-features You get a brand new UX formulation with indicators in the input field!

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Sam Goto @sgo.to · 03/07/2026

I spent some time this morning playing with their endpoints ... I genuinely believe this is the first time that a google account and facebook account interoperate in an unified account chooser that websites can use to login to their websites.

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Sam Goto @sgo.to · 03/07/2026

Just tried EVP in chrome stable for the first time! If you are logged in to your gmail account: 1) Go to chrome://settings/help and see if you got chrome 150+ 2) Go to code.sgo.to/2024/10/25/v... and select in autofill your gmail address 3) Click sign-in 4) There is no step 4

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Sam Goto @sgo.to · 02/07/2026

I'm not ashamed to say that I went to Gorge du Verdon purely because of a tiktok search for things to do in Provence ... This place is beautiful!!

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Sam Goto @sgo.to · 02/07/2026

So much good food in Nice ... Gained another 100 pounds ... Next time you see me, pretend you don't see ..

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Sam Goto @sgo.to · 02/07/2026

Just so that people don't say that I'm not working here is a picture of me pondering about zero knowledge proofs in Manarolo ...

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Sam Goto @sgo.to · 26/06/2026

Hello world from Provence!!

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Sam Goto @sgo.to · 19/06/2026

An interoperable EVT implementation appears in the wild by @rowan.fyi !!! rowan.fyi/made/email-p... rowan.fyi/made/email-v... Yay for interoperable relying parties and zero marginal costs!!! @paul.kinlan.me @nmarkoborodova.bsky.social

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Sam Goto @sgo.to · 09/04/2026

Came to Portland for a road trip through the coast and found some holdfast on my way :)

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Sam Goto @sgo.to · 03/04/2026

Surf 's onboarding screen had me at the "minimize Elon musk setting" :) I actually like Elon, but I appreciate the boldness :) Worth my free advertisement :)

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Sam Goto @sgo.to · 02/04/2026

I'm bothered by this screen here, where I type my PDS's password, and that form submission goes into bsky.app's HTTP server. How that's used is beyond my (and your) control.

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Sam Goto @sgo.to · 28/03/2026

Atras da bandeira do Galo e do Brasil numa das primeiras fotos do streetview na frente da firma :) Uns 20 anos atras tambem acho :)

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Sam Goto @sgo.to · 28/03/2026

Quarta foto da esquerda para a direita!!! Ainda casado com a minha na-epoca namorada, 20 anos e 3 filhos depois :) Outros easter eggs aqui: code.sgo.to/2014/02/07/m...

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Sam Goto @sgo.to · 26/03/2026

On my way to the conference! Be there at 3-4pm-ish. Here is what I look like in real life in case you bump into me and want to say hi!!

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Sam Goto @sgo.to · 17/03/2026

Obviously, this is useful across all identity providers, not just google.com. Here is what it looks like with my own personal PDS signing-in to webmention.io with Indie Auth. I'm hoping this will lead to a good UX for bluesky too.

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Sam Goto @sgo.to · 17/03/2026

I think this also connects well with a larger vision for the social web for actions beyond logging in here: github.com/w3c-fedid/id...

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Sam Goto @sgo.to · 17/03/2026

It makes a distinction between signing-up and signing-in, with a louder modal dialog for the latter and a quieter streamlined version for returning users.

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Sam Goto @sgo.to · 17/03/2026

I'm putting together a chrome://flag in canaries that enables the FedCM's Ambient UX in the URL bar. I've been using it for a week or so: it is beautiful and I think it will have arrive at an economic equilibrium. Here is the before / after, how to enable it and why we are working on it:

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Sam Goto @sgo.to · 14/03/2026

Wow, really good suggestion from, I'm going to guess, @mooreds.com !! Here is what they look like to me!! Merged them all!!

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Sam Goto @sgo.to · 06/03/2026

Wow, a lot of you are online and contributing :) Here is what this looks like for me :) PS I'm deliberately trying to avoid showing everybody in the room / doc to give readers a sense of cozyness :) But, it seems unfair that only I get the sense of how much this is blowing up :) *thinking*

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Sam Goto @sgo.to · 06/03/2026

And all of the users that are online right now and how I can tell that they are making changes :)

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Sam Goto @sgo.to · 06/03/2026

In case you want to look at at what this looks like for me :)

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Sam Goto @sgo.to · 28/02/2026

I got a crunch labs subscription for the kids and can no longer tell if this will be for them or for me :) What a beautifully designed kit, we are on our second one and I would highly recommend it so far!

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