[OpenID] general Digest, Vol 44, Issue 3

Chris Messina chris.messina at gmail.com
Wed Apr 7 16:05:15 UTC 2010


Interesting.

But while the signin button doesn't come from you, the OAuth page  
you're redirected to does.

How else is that page intended to be used?

Chris

Sent from my iPhone 2G

On Apr 7, 2010, at 6:09 AM, Paul Lindner <lindner at inuus.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> This SignIn button is not something we've designed.  However it  
> shows that people will apply existing technology to solve their  
> problems.  In fact it's not that much different than 'Sign-in With  
> Twitter' if you think about it...
>
> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 5:00 AM, <openid-general-request at lists.openid.net 
> > wrote:
> Nice interface, thanks for sharing.
>
> A bit of Bo-Hoo at LinkedIn for using "Sign In" which seems to
> indicate log in when it's not really.
> But perhaps no one cares. Is authn and authz just an academic
> difference in the wild?
>
> The world will keep turning...
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Chris Messina  
> <chris.messina at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Take a look at this:
> > visit http://elegant.ly and click the "Sign In" button...
> > You end up at LinkedIn where you're essentially doing an OAuth  
> dance for
> > sign in.
> > Interesting, eh?
> > Chris
> >
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