[OpenID] Delegation leading to new accounts on websites

[John Panzer]

Just to double check, it sounds like Get Satisfaction and Userstyles.org are
not spec-compliant if they are picking up the OP-relative local_id and using
it as the users's claimed_id.  Right?

On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Tom Edwards <t_edwards at btinternet.com>wrote:

> My personal OpenID server broke a while back, and I've decided this evening
> to start delegating in order continue using my personal URL (<
> http://steamreview.org>). This is the code now in my page header:
>
>> <link rel="openid.delegate openid2.local_id" href="
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/varsity/" />
>> <link rel="openid.server openid2.provider" href="
>> https://open.login.yahooapis.com/openid/op/auth" />
>>
> But when I login to the sites I used my openid on before it broke (I've
> tried Get Satisfaction and Userstyles.org so far), they don't recognise me
> as an pre-existing user. They think I'm www.flickr.com/photos/varsity/,
> whereas I actually still want to be steamreview.org.
>
> Is this intended behaviour? I thought the point of delegation was to allow
> people to switch providers without changing consumer-facing identity.
>
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