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The development started in 2013, but it's, at this moment, not finished. Steve Gibson commented that it's almost complete and is just working on the documentation. So it's not that weird that it's not adopted in mainstream sites.

It's not released at this moment. But it will be released soon™. Also there are already a few examples in the wild (WordPress plugin, Android lib, etc) here: https://www.grc.com/sqrl/implementations.htm

So my ID's are in my SQRL app on my laptop or phone. Can I sync my ID's between my laptop and phone? I don't want to be forced to use my phone to scan a QR code on screen for every site..

Can 1Password implement SQRL?

No more username, passwords and your are in control. Seems like a perfect protocol for login and authentication.

How will it work on mobile only world? Can this also work on iOS and Chrome OS?

Great list with options. I think more developers should opt for the Patreon. Eugen Rockho aka Gargron is making 3k with this for his Twitter alternative Mastodon @ https://www.patreon.com/mastodon. It is possible to fund a developer, but can you fund a whole company this way?

Liberapay is another platform, an open source Patreon alternative, also has a few funded developers and dev-ops like Technowix @ https://liberapay.com/Technowix/.

Sad to see them go.

Mastodon, https://mastodon.social/, is a new and positive alternative. Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server. It's GNU Social-compatible and federated. https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon

Diaspora is also still going strong with 20k MAU but there is no interaction between the pods https://the-federation.info/.

Good options for real privacy:

Privacy Badger from EFF The extension is designed to automatically protect your privacy from third party trackers that load invisibly when you browse the web. We send the Do Not Track header with each request, and our extension evaluates the likelihood that you are still being tracked. If the algorithm deems the likelihood is too high, we automatically block your request from being sent to the domain. Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/privacy-badger/pke... Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/nl/firefox/addon/privacy-badger-f...

or

Ghostery from Ghostery, Inc Block over 2300 request from Advertising, Analytics, Beacons, Privacy and Widgets lists. Quick, easy to use and configure. There business model isn't all that great, it's selling data to advertisers if you want to optin for that. Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ghostery/mlomiejdf... Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/nl/firefox/addon/ghostery/?src=se...

There are others but they all have a downside. AdBlock (Plus) but has terrible business model which let advertisers buy back adds, uBlock (Origin) super quick AdBlock fork but with terrible interface and Disconnect which also has a terrible interface.

Wow DDG is finaly bigger then Ixquick (that other big privacy search engine).

Average direct queries may: - Ixquick/StartPage 5,076,959 (source: https://www.startpage.com/traffic/) - DuckDuckGo 5,314,203 (source: https://duckduckgo.com/traffic.html)

And they do it with a better looking interface too. Let's hope DDG's land a default spot on Firefox or Safari soon. They both lack there own search engine and are competing with the Google and Microsoft on some level.