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I liked Flickr's now-deprecated [hash-the-params](http://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.howto.web.html) authentication because it was simple (though [flawed](http://vnhacker.blogspot.com/2009/09/flickrs-api-signature-forgery.html), it is fixable).
Now it seems like most sites are using OAuth 1....
Still very alpha... developed during a Startup Weekend event.
This talk helped me fully realise the reasons for HATEOAS, and the 3rd level of the [Richardson Maturity Model](http://martinfowler.com/articles/richardsonMaturityModel.html). It gives some really useful practical examples of ways that proper use of HATEOAS can enhance both client and server side de...