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==How do relying Mozilla services authenticate an FxA user?== | ==How do relying Mozilla services authenticate an FxA user?== | ||
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_Accounts | |||
==How does a user reset her Firefox Account password?== | ==How does a user reset her Firefox Account password?== | ||
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/ive-lost-my-firefox-sync-account-information#w_iaove-forgotten-my-sync-password-ae-how-do-i-reset-it_2 | |||
== What information does Firefox Accounts store about the user? == | |||
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_Accounts#Firefox_Accounts_user_data | |||
== Can I use Firefox Accounts to store user data for my application or service? == | |||
Firefox Accounts only stores information that will deliver significant user value across applications or is tightly related to the user's identity. It will not store user data for relying services. Relying Mozilla services can use Firefox Accounts for authentication, but application data storage is the responsibility of the individual applications. | |||
==What's the difference between Persona and Firefox Accounts?== | ==What's the difference between Persona and Firefox Accounts?== | ||
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Mozilla needs an account database to deliver a fantastic, integrated experience across all its products. Unfortunately, delivering awesome services involves some less exciting, but still important aspects, like making sure users have had a chance to inspect our terms of service and privacy policies. We must also comply with local laws and regulations, e.g., [http://www.coppa.org/ COPPA]. It would be inconvenient for users to have to verify a terms of service, a privacy policy, and COPPA at each individual Mozilla service. We believe that users should only have to inspect our terms of service, privacy policy, and go through COPPA verification '''once''' for all our services. Firefox Accounts enables us to do that. One we get the basics down and enable single sign-on for relying Mozilla Services with your Firefox Account, we hope integrate Firefox Accounts with Persona on the Web and Firefox user agents to make logging in everywhere as painless as it should be. | Mozilla needs an account database to deliver a fantastic, integrated experience across all its products. Unfortunately, delivering awesome services involves some less exciting, but still important aspects, like making sure users have had a chance to inspect our terms of service and privacy policies. We must also comply with local laws and regulations, e.g., [http://www.coppa.org/ COPPA]. It would be inconvenient for users to have to verify a terms of service, a privacy policy, and COPPA at each individual Mozilla service. We believe that users should only have to inspect our terms of service, privacy policy, and go through COPPA verification '''once''' for all our services. Firefox Accounts enables us to do that. One we get the basics down and enable single sign-on for relying Mozilla Services with your Firefox Account, we hope integrate Firefox Accounts with Persona on the Web and Firefox user agents to make logging in everywhere as painless as it should be. | ||
== Can I use Persona to log in to my Firefox Account? == | == Can I use Persona to log in to my Firefox Account? == | ||
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== What services will use Firefox Accounts? == | == What services will use Firefox Accounts? == | ||
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_Accounts#Services_that_use_Firefox_Accounts | |||
== What do these terms mean? == | == What do these terms mean? == | ||
* FTU, FTE: First Time Experience on Firefox OS | * FTU, FTE: First Time Experience on Firefox OS | ||
* FxA : Firefox Accounts. It may also refer to a user's particular Firefox Account. | * FxA : Firefox Accounts. It may also refer to a user's particular Firefox Account. | ||
* RP : Relying Party. Services that use Firefox Accounts for authentication and identity. Currently these are limited to services run by Mozilla. | * RP : Relying Party. Services that use Firefox Accounts for authentication and identity. Currently these are limited to services run by Mozilla. | ||
* PiCL : Profile in the Cloud. This is a deprecated term that was used to refer to Firefox Accounts + attached services (i.e., relying parties). | * PiCL : Profile in the Cloud. This is a deprecated term that was used to refer to Firefox Accounts + attached services (i.e., relying parties). | ||
== | == Is it possible to host your own Firefox accounts, like with Firefox Sync? == | ||
[https://docs.services.mozilla.com/howtos/run-fxa.html Yes.] | |||
== Have a question not covered here? Add it in this section and we'll answer it! == | |||
Where is the FxA for Web addition to the Arch section below? | |||
What are the similarities/differences between FxA for Web and the Dev work already being done for desktop and android? | |||
=Architecture= | =Architecture= | ||