<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 7:55 AM, daniel jacobson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fragment37@yahoo.com">fragment37@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font:inherit"><div>I think the biggest benefit to RPs is to create a library that is robust and portable that would allow for them to designate which OPs they care about. </div>
</td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote></div><br clear="all">I don't want this thread to be taken off course, but for the RP to specify which OPs it supports greatly diminishes the user-centric element of OpenID. The point of OpenID is that I, as a user, can decide who I trust to store my data and provide my identity — rather than having to choose from a specific subset of providers that the RP decides on.<div>
<br></div><div>This, I suppose, is en vogue today because of Facebook and Twitter Connect, but if the model is to move towards ever greater consolidation of OPs at the whim and discretion of RPs, then I believe we have greatly undermined a fundamental aspect of OpenID.</div>
<div><br></div><div>. . .</div><div><br></div><div>To your question about how this can be done — and "getting the Facebook folks involved" — you should read Luke Shepard's post on how Facebook's accomplishes sign-on with Facebook Connect:</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.sociallipstick.com/?p=86">http://www.sociallipstick.com/?p=86</a></div><div><a href="http://www.sociallipstick.com/?p=167">http://www.sociallipstick.com/?p=167</a></div><div><a href="http://www.sociallipstick.com/?p=189">http://www.sociallipstick.com/?p=189</a><br>
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