# Best Practices for Anonymous Authentication

DevFeed: [Best Practices for Anonymous Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/best-practices-for-anonymous-authentication-16524.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://firebase.blog/posts/2023/07/best-practices-for-anonymous-authentication>)

Author: Alexander Nohe; Peter Friese

Published: 2023-07-13T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Firebase Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/firebase-blog.md>)

Topics: [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>), [Firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firebase.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>)

Tags: [app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app.md>), [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [best-practices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/best-practices.md>), [firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firebase.md>), [tutorials](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tutorials.md>)

## AI overview

The article discusses anonymous authentication as a way to reduce signup friction in apps. It describes the tradeoffs of federated login and local storage with cloud synchronization as alternatives to requiring users to create an account before trying an app.

## Source excerpt

News, tutorials, and updates from the Firebase team.