Google OpenID is now live

[Vinay Gupta]

I think that kind of misses the point. The *namespace* that google  
manages is now open for business as an OpenID provider. It's an  
unanticipated side-effect of the APIs.

I think it's kind of a big deal, actually, in terms of how OpenID is  
right from an engineering perspective and how it can spread in  
unexpected ways. If only login were so easy.

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On Apr 9, 2008, at 7:45 PM, John Ehn wrote:

> I agree.  I think this is an excellent technology demonstration,  
> but it is a third-party, not Google, that is enabling the ID.
>
> John
>
> 2008/4/9 Immad Akhund <i.akhund at gmail.com>:
> When Google eventually does make a proper OpenID provider all the  
> OpenIDs provided by openid-provider.appspot.com would not match.
>
> Would get very confusing apart from advanced users that understand  
> the distinction.
>
> Immad
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Paul Madsen  
> <paulmadsen at rogers.com> wrote:
> I expect Google might have a (legal) opinion on characterizing this
> application as 'Google OpenID'
>
> I think I'll wait for Google itself to enable my Gmail as an OpenID.
>
> paul
>
> Vinay Gupta wrote:
> > http://openid-provider.appspot.com/
> >
> > Somebody used their app hosting service and implemented an OpenID
> > provider.
> >
> > That kind of changes things, doesn't it?
> >
> > Vinay
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