OpenID, Get it from Yahoo! & Avoid Phishing

Posted on January 29, 2007
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This is some cool news on OpenID, the open source identity technology. I first became aware of this through Zooomr and thought it was a very consumer friendly approach to identity management that got beyond the dreaded “what is my username again?” moment we often have.

There are many password vault solutions on the market today and Sxipper is at least as good as the better of them but the fact that it supports OpenID makes it a little better IMO. These are exactly the kinds of solutions that are making the consumer side of the internet more interesting than the enterprise, which still relies on complicated key mechanisms and certificates. BTW, Sxipper’s first time use wizard is a great example of good usability designed in from the beginning.

O’Reilly Radar > OpenID, Get it from Yahoo! & Avoid Phishing: OpenID, the lightweight, decentralized identity system (Radar post) had an interesting weekend. There is now a method for using your Yahoo ID with OpenID (unofficial, but sanctioned) and there are new measures designed to reduce the risk of phishing.

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