OpenID? (was: Re: The 20 most popular passwords)

Myles Braithwaite me-qIX3qoPyADtH8hdXm2+x1laTQe2KTcn/ at public.gmane.org
Wed Jan 27 13:56:55 UTC 2010


Use this URL https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id when their is no
login button.

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 6:41 AM, Scott Allen <scotta-cpI+UMyWUv9BDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Tue Jan 26,2010 10:57:17 AM Lennart Sorensen wrote:
>>
>> Well counting all the websites around which need accounts, I am sure I
>> have hundreds of passwords.
>
> Changing the topic a bit to address this situation, what do you people think
> about the concept and implementation of OpenID?
>
> <http://openid.net/>
>
> A few months back, I thought I would try this with a few sites that support
> it, using my Gmail account. The problem was that some of the sites required
> my identity URL (e.g. <http://freshmeat.net/session/new>) instead of just
> providing a "Google" button to click on. For the life of me, after much
> searching, investigation and experimenting, I couldn't figure out how to
> determine what my identity URL for Google should be. I haven't looked into
> it since.
>
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