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

[Melvin Carvalho]

On 21 September 2010 13:25, Lukas Rosenstock <lr at lukasrosenstock.net> wrote:

> 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 think i you scroll to the bottom you'll see a way to login with your
OpenID.  On some widgets you may have to click a 'more' button then you'll
get a chance to login with your OpenID.  Id be surprised if it was omitted
completely.


>
> 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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