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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>While checking out whitepages.com’s new Yahoo OpenID implementation (really awesome!) I noticed that the Windows Live ID option now gives users the choice of authenticating with either password or Information Card. This is the first time I’ve seen stronger auth options on a real production website that accepts OpenID.<BR>
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In my personal opinion, one of OpenID’s major benefits for website owners is that they can implement a single interface (OpenID) that can give users different authentication options, including multi-factor auth, or an Information Card. It’s very likely that having the user sign into an RP using an account that they already have and frequently use, is both more secure and more usable than having the user register and login using a local userid and password.<BR>
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Allen<BR>
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