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Can we not call any authentication scheme/protocol/service starting with "Open" and even "O" anymore? We already have OAuth, OATH, OpenID, OpenIDConnect, and Okta; it's getting out of hand.

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"Auth" is also super overloaded. OP is an authentication or AuthN tool which is not the same nor does it encompass authorization or AuthZ. I'm partial to using the terms "identity" and "permissions" instead.

The example in the video even has the name `authorizer` in the default export, but really it's an `authenticator` or `identifyer` or `isThisUserWhoTheySayTheyArer` – not a `shouldTheyHaveAccessizer`.

I'm in total agreement with you but I guess the AuthN/AuthZ train left the station ages ago and no one outside of the business of selling these tools actually care. Oh well.. :o)

yeah this is a naming mistake a realized but thankfully in beta so can rework it

it used to be called authenticator! mixed it up unintentionally

Don't forget "Auth0". I've definitely talked to devs who were confused about the difference between Auth0 and OAuth.

Which, by the way, is a testament to how great the Auth0 brand is.

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