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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeJul 29th 2008
     
    MySpace has decided hold hands with other Internet services and will join a coalition that allows people to use the same login information. The OpenID group will include web organizations like AOL, Google’s Blogger, Yahoo and other blogging services such as LiveJournal and WordPress.

    The main idea around the OpenID concept is users can use one particular login while on any of the supporting websites. With popular groups like Yahoo and LiveJournal, the coalition should definitely be a hit because most of the sites share a lot of users already.


    source: http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/07/22/myspace.login.ap/index.html
    • CommentAuthorBiff
    • CommentTimeJul 29th 2008
     
    Many websites, one user ID, one password.
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeJul 29th 2008
     
    somehow it doesn't sound "secure" to me.

    not as easily as i fiddle my cookies.
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    nothing stopping you having multiple openIDs right?
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeJul 29th 2008
     
    well

    so far, the phenomenon doesn't affect me. it's not going into use on any of the sites i use.

    mostly, the title tweaked my curiousity.
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      CommentAuthorflak
    • CommentTimeJul 29th 2008
     
    I like OpenID. Makes it easier to try new sites, as I don't have to fill out the same forms all over again, each time.
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeJul 30th 2008
     
    it's making more sense. thanks. :)

    so, it's a lot like ... having the same login and password for everything. a lot like what most people do now.
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      CommentAuthorflak
    • CommentTimeJul 30th 2008
     
    Sort of, but only having one place where that information can be compromised (your OpenID provider).
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeJul 31st 2008
     
    :)

    it still sounds like "too many eggs in one basket" to me.

    but i am lazy, too. i use a series of 8 "good" passwords in rotation. numerous enough? maybe not, but i can't seem to memorize more than 8 strings of letters/numbers.
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      CommentAuthorflak
    • CommentTimeJul 31st 2008
     
    I use Keychain, so all of my passwords are long, and full of random characters.

    At the very least, use leetspeak in your passwords - something like 'p455w0rd' is better, at least.

    I only adopted OpenID when used in conjunction with a domain name - it's called delegation. You essentially take your domain name, and make that your OpenID.

    That way, if my OpenID provider decides to disappear tomorrow, I can still login to all of my accounts without issues (I'd just need to sign up with a new OpenID provider, and change the HTML tags).
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      CommentAuthormick
    • CommentTimeJul 31st 2008
     
    i gave up on Keychain so long ago. ;) it was exceptionally problematical

    and i use ... rot-something :D not 13

    the length of my password clues me to which rot.

    also, the only things that are truly important are encrypted, rather than only password protected. *sigh* sometimes i wish i was a better citizen.
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      CommentAuthorflak
    • CommentTimeOct 21st 2008
     
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      CommentAuthorPants
    • CommentTimeOct 21st 2008
     
    i ran into this recently when playing with mindmeister.com, it accepted an OpenID. i looked into it and shied away due to that "too many eggs" idea Mick mentioned (Google has me worrying enough as it is)

    with all my paranoia spouted, i guess it isn't that bad from what we are already used to. for starters there's Google, Yahoo with their email linking to your Flickr account (as far as i know), and Microsoft Passport which has worked since my first Hotmail account (many moons ago) to current logging in on XBoxLive. i just don't want any more consolidation than i currently have.

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