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So bug 1507540 is basically the Ubuntu Touch equivalent of this bug? At least, it's unlikely that the design for that particular case will be different from the general design for (re)authorization.
Anyway, for the reasons I gave, I think it would be risky (and even aggravating) to present this in any way that doesn't have a button for fixing the problem directly. You make a good point that it's often going to be an app/service that isn't the focused app. But we have a long-standing mechanism for dealing with dialogs that don't belong to the focused app: focus-stealing prevention.
So my proposal is:
1. A dialog comes up saying “XYZ needs reauthorizing to access your {whatever} account”. Compiz decides whether it gets focus or not. If not, it sits in the launcher+switcher waiting for you.
2. If you choose "Continue…", that dialog closes and a new dialog appears containing the Web frame and a "Cancel" button.
Is that amount of change acceptable for Unity 7?