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why? Google account is so universal. Who has a Mozilla persona?



> Who has a Mozilla persona?

Anyone whose email provider provides persona automatically, or who runs their own identity provider, or who has taken 10 seconds to create an account on Mozilla's.


Because Google sells your data, I guess. And the NSA scandal.


And because you're telling Google more when you log into a site with OpenID (or any Google-specific mechanisms) than you're telling anyone when you log in with Persona.




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