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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2></FONT>I cannot say the mystery is solved, but I made some progress. </DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>- creating a google account takes moments</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>- one can setup blogger service from the dashboard</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>- One can alter settings and comments, to allow commenting by "registered users, including openid".</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>- once logged into Google Account, the blog owner can leave an authenticated comment on <A href="http://openid2.blogspot.com/" target=_blank>http://openid2.blogspot.com/</A>.</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>- once logged into Google Account, I could leave an authenticated comment on John's blogger comment form.</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Be it Bug or "designer-bug", it appears (a) one must have a Google Account (b) be subject to its (hardly onerous) legal provisions, (c) be signed in as a subscriber.... to leave an authenticated comment using the pseudoanonymising features of leaving a comment as a "registered user - via OpenID".</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Interesting apparent legal strategy on Google's part, which really doesn't surprise me (given the sheer risk of being a relying party in UK/US). The subscriber leaving the comment is required to be and must assert to be Google Account member, subject to Google legal terms.</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Is this policy "consistent" with the UCI component of the "UCI" vision, folks? </DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>I'm kind of disappointed (tho not totally surprised at a gigafirm with giga reliance-time risks protecting itself legally, this way).</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>If the Blogger anonymous URL feature works as one might expect, there may be an opportunity for a sxipper type plugin/service (which Ive still never used, sorry I dont use FF) to act as a proxy OpenID consumer, form-posting a "unique trackback-openid' into the Google anonymous URL commenting field, that tracksback back to the actual consumed openid presented from the sxipper log files.</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> John Panzer<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tue 3/25/2008 7:03 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Peter Williams<BR><B>Cc:</B> general@openid.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [OpenID] Google Blogger and openid. Does it really work? (today?)<BR></FONT><BR></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>So, commenting on Blogger using my ID <A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://jpanzer.myopenid.com/" target=_blank>http://jpanzer.myopenid.com/</A> works fine for me (on FF2 and IE7). For Peter it appears that something is failing and Blogger is acting as if a non-OpenID URL was entered. Anyone else care to try?<BR><BR>Peter Williams wrote:
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Thanks for trying, John. Using your parameters made no difference; pdf evidence attached. I would not normally discuss a particular vendor (unlike the work of open source projects... who usually relish out the air time), but its such a high profile claim for OpenID2 adoption that Blogger works.... that it NEEDS to work NOW, for the average Joe against the OpenID gold standard - "myopenid" URLs.</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> John Panzer<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tue 3/25/2008 3:21 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Peter Williams<BR><B>Cc:</B> <A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:general@openid.net" target=_blank>general@openid.net</A><BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [OpenID] Google Blogger and openid. Does it really work? (today?)<BR></FONT><BR></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>Blogger is currently at OpenID 1.1 and doesn't yet support i-names (@blog*lockbox). I was able to publish a comment using <A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://jpanzer.myopenid.com/" target=_blank moz-do-not-send="true">http://jpanzer.myopenid.com/</A>. Obviously I can't test the others :).<BR><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.abstractioneer.org/" target=_blank moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.abstractioneer.org/</A> is OpenID-comment-enabled.<BR><BR>Peter Williams wrote:
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>On a particular blogsite, all I get is "OpenID url is missing", for @blog*lockbox, <A href="http://rapattoni.trustbearer.com/lockbox" target=_blank moz-do-not-send="true">http://rapattoni.trustbearer.com/lockbox</A>, and homepw.myopenid.com</FONT></DIV>
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