Identity
Get Involved
- Reach out to us
- on IRC at irc.mozilla.org, #identity
- on our mailing list
- by tuning in to our short weekly meetings
- Learn more about Persona
- Follow us on
- our blog
- Twitter or Identica
- our announcement list
- Help us out by
- hacking on the code
- writing a plugin or a library
- spreading the word
- translating Persona in your language
Vision
Central to a people-centered ecosystem is an identity system that is under the control of the individual, and enables information sharing on the users own terms with no take-it-or-leave-it policies. To this end, Mozilla is building an identity system for the Web that has these properties.
The first service we're building, Persona, enables users to easily sign into websites using their existing email address in a secure and privacy-protecting way, with no additional passwords. For developers, it offers a very easy to implement API, and a verified email address they can use to communicate with the user.
User identities encompass much more than just an email address, of course, and so the next components of the Mozilla identity system will include payments, profile and data sharing on the users terms and more.
Identity Projects
A complete & updated Identity project list with links to appropriate wiki pages coming in July 2013
- Native FXOS & B2G - updated page coming soon
- Persona Analytics
- Profile in the Cloud (PiCL)
- Signin to the Web - updated page coming soon
- All things Identity UX related.
Identity Speaks: Upcoming Conference Schedule
Interested in Persona? Check out Dan Callahan's presentation at PyCon 2013 Beyond Passwords: Secure Authentication with Mozilla Persona
| Conference | Presentation Details | Date | Location | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WDCNZ | Taking the pain out of signing users in | July 25, 2013 | Wellington, New Zealand | Francois Marier |
| PyCon Canada | Quick Wins for Better Website Security | August 10, 2013 | Toronto, Canada | Dan Callahan |
| Ember Fest EU | Forget Passwords, Use Persona | August 30, 2013 | Munich, Germany | Dan Callahan |
- Adding a talk? Don't forget to add it to the Mozilla Events Calendar too.
- Removing a talk? Please move it to Identity/Spread Persona.
Meet the Identity Team
| Name | Title | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Andy Chilton | Developer | New Zealand |
| Austin King | Developer | Washington |
| Brian Warner | Developer | California |
| Chris Karlof | Developer | California |
| Crystal Beasley | Lead UX Designer | Oregon |
| Dan Callahan | Developer Relations and Documentation | Minnesota |
| Danny Coates | Developer | California |
| Edwin Wong | QA | California |
| Francois Marier | Developer | New Zealand |
| Gene Wood | Operations | California |
| Hannah Quay-de la Vallee | Intern 2013 | San Francisco |
| James Bonacci | QA | California |
| Jared Hirsch | Developer | California |
| Jed Parsons | Developer | California |
| John Gruen | UX | New York |
| John Morrison | QA | California |
| Karl Thiessen | QA | California |
| Katie Parlante | Developer | California |
| Lloyd Hilaiel | Director, Engineering | Colorado |
| Robert Lord | Director of Product | San Francisco |
| Ryan Feeley | UX Designer | Toronto |
| Ryan Kelly | Developer | Australia |
| Ryan Seys | Intern 2013 | San Francisco |
| Sean McArthur | Developer | California |
| Shane Tomlinson | Developer | United Kingdom |
| Tauni Oxborrow | Program Manager | California |
| Vlad Filippov | Intern 2013 | San Francisco |
| Zach Carter | Developer | California |