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Comment on: SSO Wall of Fame
Some of you might know what the is.
Some might not, but you could already be paying it without knowing.The SSO Tax originally referred to the additional costs requested by SaaS vendors for accessing the single sign-on feature.It is now used more broadly to include various security features that are locked behind an "Enterprise subscription" (such as SAML, SCIM, etc.).In a more metaphorical sense, i͟t͟’͟s͟ ͟l͟i͟k͟e͟ ͟b͟u͟y͟i͟n͟g͟ ͟a͟ ͟d͟o͟o͟r͟,͟ ͟b͟u͟t͟ ͟t͟h͟e͟ ͟k͟e͟y͟ ͟a͟n͟d͟ ͟l͟o͟c͟k͟ ͟c͟o͟s͟t͟ ͟y͟o͟u͟ ͟t͟w͟o͟,͟ ͟t͟h͟r͟e͟e͟,͟ ͟o͟r͟ ͟e͟v͟e͟n͟ ͟m͟o͟r͟e͟ ͟t͟i͟m͟e͟s͟ ͟t͟h͟e͟ ͟p͟r͟i͟c͟e͟.This