Idea/Inquisitive SSO

• Inquisitive SSO

  • A form of SSO offered to friends and family, so that different people can be granted access to different parts of a personal and family site without being told in advance.
  • The sign-up form asks a series of questions that, one after another, establish who the person is and how they know the site's owner, without giving anything away, until their closeness is established.
  • Accounts can be granted before a person creates one, and the person can choose whether to take it, like telling the concierge of a building, "if you ever see this person, let them in."
  • Once a visitor is signed in, they can reply to what they see at any time.
  • First noted in Week/Review/26/10/11 Sun, in the context of a Palimpsest-style site for GitP/A.