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Last Updated: 5 September 2013
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
This document is updated as of July 2013
Identity Department Focus
- Persona: An open authentication system for the web gives you the fantastic convenience of social sign-in, without sacrificing your privacy.
- Firefox Accounts: A single account, built on Persona, that brings a growing ecosystem of useful services to any firefox user.
- Sync.next: The new Sync - it does what you expect, its built on Firefox Accounts, and lets you access your data wherever you are.
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.
Department status reports are sent out on a bi-weekly cadence. Visit the archive for the status report history.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montréal.rb | Easy logins for Ruby web applications | October 15, 2013 | Montréal, Canada | François Marier |
| Open Source Developers' Conference | You’re still using passwords on your site? | October 21, 2013 | Auckland, New Zealand | François Marier |
| JSConf Asia | Passwords, privacy and client-side crypto | November 28-29, 2013 | Manila, Philippines | François Marier |
- 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 |
| James Bonacci | QA | California |
| Jared Hirsch | Developer | California |
| Jed Parsons | Developer | California |
| John Gruen | Design Engineer | New York |
| John Morrison | QA | California |
| Karl Thiessen | QA | California |
| Katie Parlante | Developer | California |
| Lloyd Hilaiel | Director, Engineering | Bulgaria |
| Robert Lord | Director of Product | San Francisco |
| Ryan Feeley | UX Designer | Toronto |
| Ryan Kelly | Developer | Australia |
| Sam Penrose | Developer | California |
| Sean McArthur | Developer | California |
| Shane Tomlinson | Developer | United Kingdom |
| Tauni Oxborrow | Program Manager | California |
| Zach Carter | Developer | California |