I never liked the valet key analogy, especially as someone who ... • Aaron Parecki

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Dan Brickley https://twitter.com/danbri • Jul 22
i have been complaining about this for years wrt oauth! it's how Iearned about valet keys. Maybe they're totally normal to some, but it smells of privilege somehow...

I never liked the valet key analogy, especially as someone who only briefly owned a 1985 Volvo and now owns 0 cars. I use a hotel key analogy in my talks, which I think is more relatable, but I am still looking for an analogy that doesn't require as much privilege to relate to.

Coffeyville, Kansas, USA

Mon, Jul 22, 2019 9:19am -06:00

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- Christopher Lemmer Webber twitter.com/dustyweb
  
  Good point.
  
  Mon, Jul 22, 2019 4:56pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Aaron Parecki twitter.com/aaronpk
  
  ..but a hotel key explicitly isn't associated with your identity, which is why the analogy works! You know how you get multiple keys when you check in, and it's expected that any guest of the room can use them?
  
  Mon, Jul 22, 2019 4:53pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Christopher Lemmer Webber twitter.com/dustyweb
  
  I also think the hotel key isn't as useful for ocaps as a car key, because people often think of a hotel key as being associated with your identity, and a car key isn't.
  
  Mon, Jul 22, 2019 4:47pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)

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