Google OpenID is now live

[John Panzer]

Any sufficiently advanced web site system is indistinguishable from an OP.

Or, rather, can be turned into an OP. :)

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