[OpenID] Reconsideringhttp://openiddifferent from https://openid

[Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.)]

+1

Dave Kearns wrote:
>
> I've got to strongly disagree with these numbers. OpenID is, of course, an
> authentication mechanism. The 80% of the web that is "cheap, cost effective
> and sufficiently safe" contains very few authentication ceremonies. It's
> purpose (at this point, but not its original purpose) is to supplant
> username/password transactions. I don't know the % of web transactions that
> are authorized only after a username/password authentication, but it's a lot
> less than 80% and, I'd wager, a lot less than 20%. And any increase in risk
> should be countered by a decrease in value of the transaction. That brings
> us, once again, to the point where OpenID is fine for transactions with no
> apparent monetary value but also no apparent reputation value...
>
> -dave
>   

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