Company
Date Published
Author
Dan Moore
Word count
1238
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

Federated Credential Management (FedCM) is a developing web standard by the W3C aimed at enhancing secure and privacy-conscious user logins using third-party identity providers, integrated directly into browsers like Chrome and Edge. Unlike traditional federated login methods that rely on third-party cookies and redirects, FedCM uses native browser APIs to manage the authentication process, offering a seamless user experience by eliminating redirects and popups. This approach also addresses privacy concerns by controlling the information shared during the login process, preventing unwanted tracking. Although FedCM is promising and already adopted by some identity providers like Google, it remains a work in progress, with ongoing development and varying levels of browser support. Developers are advised to maintain fallback methods for browsers that do not support FedCM.