[OpenID] Problems with delegation and directed identity OPs

Allen Tom atom at yahoo-inc.com
Sat Nov 8 00:48:57 UTC 2008


Deron Meranda wrote:
> Of course, from an OP usability perspective, it's not exactly straight
> forward for somebody to determine their actual Yahoo identity(-ies),
> although it is possible.
>   
We definitely can improve the usability, but you can list your Yahoo 
OpenID identifiers by going to http://openid.yahoo.com and clicking on 
the "OpenID Home link" at the top of the page.

> And, just from curiosity, why are the randomly generated URIs
> (both Google and Yahoo!) so long?  
:)

> So, the current Google situation makes it almost impossible to use delegation!
>
>   
Hmm, it does appear that it's impossible for someone to delegate their 
OpenID to Google.

Allen





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