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Google & Microsoft supporting OpenID....or not?
posted by MarcelG on 30/10/2008 at 19:48
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Source : CMSWire

[img=right]/uploaded/18/openidlogo.png[/img=right]The 'open identity management platform' OpenID has gotten a big lift this week with two big announcements coming from two very different camps.
First, Microsoft has announced that Windows Live will officially support OpenID for login and that users will be able to log into any OpenID site with their LiveID account. Second, Google has announced that it will also be a provider of OpenIDs.

Microsoft's version
First off, Microsoft announced the Windows Live ID OpenID Provider (OP). Live ID is Microsoft’s standard authentication protocol. Soon anyone with a Live ID account will be able to set up an OpenID alias and use it for identification at any website that supports OpenID.
Microsoft has stated that they will support the OpenID 2.0 protocol.

Currently, the Windows Live ID OP is only available as a CTP release in the Windows Live ID Integration environment. This environment is a testing environment for websites and developers to ensure their sites and libraries are will work.
Microsoft expects to release their OpenID provider somewhere in 2009.
OpenID is an initiative to provide a standard for user authentication across the Internet. In short: one account to use on various websites, and no longer having to remember dozens of passwords.


Google's version
Also announced this week, Google will become a provider of OpenID. Also supporting the OpenID 2.0 protocol, Google has provided limited access to their API for an OpenID identity provider. They say their provider is based on the user experience research from the OpenID community.
Users with Google accounts will able to log into other websites using that account, if the website supports the OpenID protocol.

Not really....
It does seem however that it's not entirely honest to say Google supports OpenID truly.
quote :
[...] this isn’t OpenID. This is something that Google cooked up that resembles OpenID masquerading as OpenID since that’s what people want to see – and that’s what Microsoft announced just the day before.
Read more about that here.
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by -jos- on 30/10/08 @ 21:42 Reply with Quote
OpenID? looks like a new privacy threat but on the internet?
by Jezmeister on 30/10/08 @ 22:58 Reply with Quote
I think part of it is to combat privacy threats, I don't know much about it but from what I've heard it means you only have to give your details to one website that provides it and even when you login to other sites only that site has your details.
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