<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><blockquote type="cite">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.</blockquote><div>In that list you can always choose for: "Use another OP". Isn't this the same as the nascar principle at the moment?</div><div><br></div><br><blockquote type="cite">
<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>
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