[OpenID] Google+ and Unique Identifiers -- different again?

[Johannes Ernst]

Any word from any Googler if / when any of this will be fixed?


On Jul 2, 2011, at 8:41, Peter Watkins wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 01, 2011 at 08:48:29PM -0700, Johannes Ernst wrote:
>> It seems Google has changed their unique identifiers for people again. 
>> 
>> Apparently I'm now:
>> 	https://plus.google.com/104555285104903729468
>> as opposed to
>> 	http://profiles.google.com/Johannes.Ernst
>> and so many other variations over the years.
> 
> Someone from Google, please chime in!
> 
> I run an RP site and Google is the most popular OP for the the
> users who choose to use OpenID instead of setting up "local" accounts,
> so this could be a significant problem for us. Most of our Google
> users get those ugly random per-RP identifiers, but a fair number
> have "profiles" identifiers. So even if this only affects "profiles"
> identifiers, a change like this is going to deny Google users access
> to the resources to which they are entitled.
> 
> -Peter
>