<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 17 July 2011 16:48, Martin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:martin@ml1.co.uk">martin@ml1.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
On 17 July 2011 01:15, Alex Holt <<a href="mailto:alex.holt@ntlworld.com">alex.holt@ntlworld.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> Anyone come across OpenID?<br>
>>><br>
>>> Anyone using it? Comments good or bad?<br>
>>><br>
>>> OpenID<br>
>>> <a href="http://openid.net/" target="_blank">http://openid.net/</a><br>
>><br>
>> I use it via my Google account for a couple of sites, it works OK but if<br>
>> the sites domain ever changes the user id will obviously be different<br>
>> causing a new account to be created<br>
><br>
> I feel I should note that that's just something Google do with their OpenID<br>
> implementation. It's not a property of OpenID itself; normally the "user id"<br>
> is just your OpenID URL.<br>
<br>
A current TheRegister comment:<br>
<br>
Mozilla outs un-Google site sign-in prototype<br>
Token-free BrowserID<br>
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/15/mozilla_browser_id/" target="_blank">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/15/mozilla_browser_id/</a><br>
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The open source outfit also says the system is superior to OpenID and<br>
other identity token–based protocols because it puts so little between<br>
the user and the site they're visiting.<br>
<br>
<br>
... We certainly need to do something to overcome the explosion of<br>
usernames and passwords that gets everyone bewildered for doing<br>
anything online...<br>
<br>
Could we abandon usernames and passwords completely?<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br>Isn't the problem here that it's replacing a series of password with one
password that would give access to all sites? If someone works out
your master password, they're into everything!<br><br>It's neat, though. <br>
<br clear="all">David Aldred<br>
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