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Re: Another Victory For OpenID: Yahoo Announces Support

Lizi — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:09:48 -0000

This are good news

the question is whether it will become a standard de facto for authentication.

I think that we and most site owners would like to have the ability to have general information about the user , such as : name,image,age,email etc. The user will be able to define which profile info are accessible to other sites.

Lizi,
http://www.copenda.com

Re: Another Victory For OpenID: Yahoo Announces Support

Sobchak — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:44:28 -0000

I could be wrong here, but from my experience it seems that the main focus for Open Data is 'trust' and the main focus of openID is 'identity'.

So dataportability looks like it's relying on the ability of openID to ensure a unique (yet easily transferable) identity which then helps users trust the data being shared among different parties.

That's way oversimplifying, but the way I view it, openID is a foundation piece of dataportability, as a concept.

Please correct me if I'm mistaken though.

Re: Another Victory For OpenID: Yahoo Announces Support

phil — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:24:37 -0000

Whats the difference between dataportability.org and openID? because they seem to be offering the same service, are they rivals? or will they all come together at some point as one big happy family?

Re: Another Victory For OpenID: Yahoo Announces Support

Lia Hollander — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:53:26 -0000

We believe in OpenId so much, that when we designed Treasurelicious, we made OpenId the only way to create an account.

We are happy to welcome Yahoo users to the party!

http://www.treasurelicious.com.

-LH

Re: Another Victory For OpenID: Yahoo Announces Support

Sobchak — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:36:29 -0000

Yeah, I think this is good for peeps who don't have a solid grasp of why OpenID is such a good idea.

It's a little sad, but true that many people will become interested simply b/c they see Y! attached to it, or start to realize that they can use their Y! ID for other logins... and go "Hey, what's this all about?"

Kind of like going to see a headliner and discovering that the opening band you've never heard of actually kicks ass.

Hmmm.. now that I think about it, actually it's nothing like that.

Need more coffee.

Re: Another Victory For OpenID: Yahoo Announces Support

Halve — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:18:49 -0000

There are a healthy number of FREE OpenID Providers available to web users interested in establishing their online identity via OpenID. Yahoo, Orange and AOL have made it very easy for users to establish their OpenID identity by using the sign on credentials they already have through these services. It won't take long for the remaining mainstream sites to jump in. This is great news for the OpenID project! While large mainstream sites continue to jump on the bandwagon, there are numerous OpenID Providers that are solely dedicated and built around offering web users with feature rich and very secure online identities. A great example is myVidoop.com with their "Goodbye Passwords" approach to security, anywhere anytime access to stored usernames and passwords and user controlled account management via their site tools and SMS features. Other providers add SSL and anti-phishing features just like Yahoo's Sign-In Seal. Users should really explore what these other Providers have to offer. SpreadOpenID.org has a Provider comparison to help users choose a Provider that suits their needs.

Re: Another Victory For OpenID: Yahoo Announces Support

Jonathan — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:56:01 -0000

And so, the same old question:

WHEN WILL MASHABLE SUPPORT OPENID?

Seems to me that your site is ideal for OpenID. I for one would probably use the site for more than just posting the odd comment (which I can do without signing up).