Yes, I wish everyone could follow that model at Plaxo.<div><br></div><div>But Plaxo would do well to adopt OAuth. I noticed as soon as I created an account just now that they wanted to <a href="http://blog.nerdbank.net/2008/10/why-oauth-can-be-ignored.html">take my email password</a>. <br clear="all">
--<br>Andrew Arnott<br>"I [may] not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it." - Voltaire<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 5:51 AM, Peter Williams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pwilliams@rapattoni.com">pwilliams@rapattoni.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Add a plural s to the word identity.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">IN policy language, the goal is surely not attaining "independence"
from the communications infrastructure; but achieving "autonomy".</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">This is nicely seen in the plaxo model for building RPs, where
you can bind n openids to the plaxo account. As a user, you can invoke any one of
these identification paths. If flicker suspends your account (which they are
want to do), there is no downside to you at Plaxo. Survivability is built in, with
automatic, dynamic re-routing around the congestion point.</span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
<a href="mailto:general-bounces@openid.net" target="_blank">general-bounces@openid.net</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:general-bounces@openid.net" target="_blank">general-bounces@openid.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Andrew
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 14, 2009 5:35 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Martin Atkins<br>
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<p>In fact, I've become convinced that there is no way to allow
a user to maintain his own OpenID identity independent of any OP or ISP given
the profile of a common Internet user today.</p>
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