[OpenID] OpenID consumers should make it clear if they are going to publish a user's OpenID

[Eric Busboom]

On May 14, 2007, at 8:07 AM, Dave Kearns wrote:
> What's the point of using different OpenID identifiers at different  
> sites?
> Where's the benefit? What's the gain? Why not simply use the
> username/password option the site already offers instead of  
> introducing
> needless complexity???

An OpenID is not just how  a user identifies to a computer, it is a  
real-life identity. It must support the common ways that people use  
identities, and Internet users like to have multiple identities.   
"Why?" is a matter for the user --  to separate work from personal,   
to explore different persona, or to hide something from someone --  
but the fact of the use case is incontrovertible. You can't get users  
to voluntarily accept a system that does not support the things they  
really want to do.

eric.


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