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Facebook has adopted the OpenID user-identity framework to simplify how people register for and log into the social networking site.
It means that people will be able to sign into Facebook using their log-in credentials from Gmail. "This is a quicker, more streamlined way for new users to register for the site, find their friends and start exploring," Facebook planned to say in a blog post later Monday.
People will be able to link their Facebook accounts with their Gmail accounts or with accounts from other online services that support OpenID automatic log-ins, according to Facebook. This linkage automatically logs people into Facebook when they sign in to those other OpenID-supported accounts.Facebook has adopted the OpenID user-identity framework to simplify how people... more
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Facebook has made a bit of a brave move, letting users now login with their OpenID account. To those that don't know, this means you can now signup using the same username and password you use to login to Gmail, or, in a bit more cumbersome fashion using an OpenID URL from another identity provider.
A bit more on how it works, from Facebook:
“Existing and new users can now link their Facebook accounts with their Gmail accounts or with accounts from those OpenID providers that support automatic login. Once a user links his or her account with a Gmail address or an OpenID URL, logs in to that account, then goes to Facebook, that user will already be logged in to Facebook.”
Is this the way of the future?Facebook has made a bit of a brave move, letting users now login with their OpenID... more
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Open ID is now being used by Facebook, Yahoo, Flickr, Paypal, Google, Microsoft, AOL, MySpace, IBM, LiveJournal and VeriSign, among many others.
OpenID is a distributed single sign on solution that allows people to sign into different services with the same login credentials.
Simply put, one cracked OpenID site (by hackers, the government, parents, etc) could result in total profile information access and/or one's identity being abused over several other OpenID sites.
The creator of OpenID currently works at Google.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenID#Security_and_phishingOpen ID is now being used by Facebook, Yahoo, Flickr, Paypal, Google, Microsoft, AOL,... more
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Currently users are required to create individual passwords for many websites they visit, but users would prefer to avoid this step so they could visits websites more easily. Similarly, many websites on the Internet have asked for a way to enable users to log into their sites without forcing them to create another password. If users could log into sites without needing another password, it would allow websites to provide a more personalized experience to their users.
In September we announced some research that we shared as part of an effort by the OpenID community to evaluate the user experience of federated login. Other companies like Yahoo have also published their user research. Starting today, we are providing limited access to an API for an OpenID identity provider that is based on the user experience research of the OpenID community. Websites can now allow Google Account users to login to their website by using the OpenID protocol. We hope the continued evolution of both the technical features of OpenID, as well as the improvements in user experience. will lead to a solution that can be widely deployed for federated login.Currently users are required to create individual passwords for many websites they... more
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MySpace members will soon be able to use their login details to get access to some other websites.
The social networking giant, which boasts more than 100 million accounts, has signed up for the OpenID initiative.
The project aims to ease the mental load of going online by letting people use one set of login details for many different places.
Sites such as AOL, Blogger, Flickr and Yahoo already use OpenID.
"All this will tie together to make it more useful for MySpace users to have MySpace accounts even when they're not on MySpace," Jim Benedetto, the company's senior vice president of technology told Reuters.
However, MySpace is not letting its members use their login profiles and details on any site. It has set restrictions on where the login details can be used based on whether those sites create or accept OpenID profiles.
It will only allow MySpace details to be used to get access to what are known as "relying parties" - organisations that accept rather than create the portable identities. Sites such as Plaxo are relying parties.
Initially, OpenID profiles created from a MySpace account will be blocked from being used on sites regarded as "providers". In the OpenID scheme sites that let create OpenID profiles for use elsewhere are "providers". MySpace members will soon be able to use their login details to get access to some... more
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MySpace is rolling out a couple of announcements this morning a day ahead of Facebook’s F8 developer conference.
The first is confirmation of our story that they are supporting OpenID, although they aren’t releasing any details (It’s our belief that they will first issue OpenID IDs, and possibly become a relying party later).
The company is also announcing the launch of two new Data Availability integrations: Flixster and Eventful (we built what we believe is the first Data Availability app last month).
MySpace is also making a core policy change to Data Availability. Previously third party services were not allowed to store any MySpace user profile information at all - they simply requested it from MySpace, used it to create a web page and then dumped it. Now MySpace is allowing 24-hour caches of profile information, and permanent caches of certain “core elements” of a user profile.MySpace is rolling out a couple of announcements this morning a day ahead of... more
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