Comment 25 for bug 1581713

Here is our thinking on Ubuntu Core devices and user accounts.

Ubuntu Core is largely for devices that operate with almost no human
interaction. You install the device, it updates itself forever, life is
good.

In that case, most devices will not have many or any user accounts.
That's completely different to a laptop or developer system, or a normal
server, which has many people who might log into it on any given day.

For that reason, having the user account on Ubuntu Core be single-sign
accounts makes sense. This is exactly the trend in the world - look at
modern wifi access points, for example. You get a single management
account, usually in the cloud, and you manage all devices through that.

The net effect is much better security for these devices. In due course,
we will reduce dependency on the Ubuntu SSO (this is just the current
implementation, we envisage enabling people to have their own identity
systems). But the base idea that you don't want to be setting a separate
username and password on these devices is very well reasoned and
appropriate.

Mark