[OpenID] Seven sites you didn’t know were using OpenID

[Lukas Rosenstock]

This post made me think about what OpenID actually means.

If I'm not blind, in a quick check at least two of those sites don't mention
OpenID anywhere and they don't allow logging in with an OpenID URL from a
provider I choose, they have their specific set of providers.

I don't feel there's anything wrong with that, there are great businesses
built on top of Facebook or Twitter which have only one login option and if
you want to limit your site for any reason (e.g. trust) this is perfectly
fine.

However an important element in OpenID for me always has been
decentralization and user-centric identity (= choice). As I said I can
understand if a relying party doesn't want to trust all IdPs but a choice of
six providers of which the major two (Facebook, Twitter) are not even
technically OpenID shouldn't be called OpenID in my opinion.

Nevertheless these are great examples of delegated login. But not for what
OpenID means to me.

Regards,
 Lukas

2010/9/20 David Recordon <recordond at gmail.com>

> Turned Brian's recent emails about adoption into a nice blog post. :)
>
> http://openid.net/2010/09/20/another-adoption-update/
>
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