[OpenID] PR: OpenID.co.uk - "MobileNumber.OpenID.co.uk" as URI

[Chris Messina]

Fair enough. I'd agree with that. ;)

Chris

On 2/7/07, Allen Tom <atom at yahoo-inc.com> wrote:
> I really believe that it is not a good idea to encourage people to use
> personal contact infomation as their OpenIDs, which applies to both
> phone number and email/IM based IDs. The reason is that spammers and
> griefers will make life unbearable for people using these IDs.
>
> The user's OpenID will invariably be displayed at many RPs, and if the
> user's contact information could be easily determined by the OpenID, it
> would just be a matter of time before OpenID gets a bad rep for
> attracting spam, and everyone switches back to disposable IDs again, or
> abandons OpenID altogether.
>
> This is the same argument as to why it is not a good idea to post your
> email address, IM screenname, or phone number online, especially if its
> on some random RP that you're not all that familar with.
>
> For OpenID to succeed, it is very important that the early adopters
> think very carefully about these issues, or else OpenID could develop a
> poor reputation,  preventing its widespread adoption.
>
> Allen
>
>
>
> Chris Messina wrote:
> > Perhaps the better way to think about this is as a personal OpenID
> > alias? So rather than publishing it all over the place, an iDP might
> > offer "phone number aliasing" to help people remember their openids...
> > So say I sign up on JanRain and add my phone number -- which is
> > confirmed by SMS or callback code system... Perhaps I could then use
> > [phonenumber].myopenid.com to login... Just a thought.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > On 2/7/07, Allen Tom <atom at yahoo-inc.com> wrote:
> >> Hi Mark,
> >>
> >> Exposing one's phone number might not be a good idea for everyone, as
> >> griefers and stalkers would have an easy way to harass people who had
> >> phone number based IDs.
> >>
> >> Also, what happens if and when a phone number is recycled?
> >>
> >> Allen
> >>
> >>
> >> sites at thirdvisit.co.uk wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > Shameless plug:
> >> >
> >> > http://www.openid.co.uk
> >> >
> >> > Please visit and digg if you like it!
> >> >
> >> > Cheers Mark
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