[OpenID] Fwd: Excellent critique of OpenID usability

Dave Kearns dkearns at gmail.com
Mon Aug 20 15:37:14 UTC 2007



> -----Original Message-----
> From: general-bounces at openid.net [mailto:general-bounces at openid.net]On
> Behalf Of Peter Williams
> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 5:58 AM
> To: Martin Atkins; general at openid.net
> Subject: Re: [OpenID] Fwd: Excellent critique of OpenID usability
>
>
> We need a consumer rationale for accepting the 7 as "reputable".
>
> Let me add another, building on the earlier interoperability
> requirement to accept _each others'_ claims:
>
> Each site shall process credit card trasactions as a merchant,
> and must retain a merchant account with either a visa or
> mastercard acquiring bank, and shall  display the associated logo.
>

Which absolutely zero to do with the OP's abilities as identity provider or
privacy protector. Nor should it be a requirement of an OP that they have
some sort of retail operation. If you really think some sort of
certification is necessary, let the foundation create a process...

-dave




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