Are we ready for OpenID?

Published on Feb 27, 2007   //  Development
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OpenIDThe OpenID site defines themselves as “…an open, decentralized, free framework for user-centric digital identity.” That certainly is a lot of technical mumbo jumbo that means that you can store your details in one location and login/signup using just one ID instead of having 50 different logins.

WordPress has announced that they will most likely incorporate OpenId into future releases of there software. There is a plugin already if you would like to install it.

I do not think we are ready for OpenID yet. There are thousands of software’s that will give you 1 login/register ability already and the market is just not there yet.

I do agree that it would be great to have one id to login everywhere. The problem with this is that Identity Theft is already at all time high. People are getting more and more sensitive with the information that stored, how it is stored and for what purpose they are using it for.

I think for an OpenID to work properly that some type of biometric device will have to eventually back it up. So a thumb print scanner in combination would certainly give me more trust in a service such as this.

3 Comments to “Are we ready for OpenID?”

  • Thinkreferrals
    February 28, 2007 7:03 pm

    Not for me. Thumbprints won’t even do it. Maybe a retina scan and a dna sample along with a thumnbprint and a breathalizer and maybe add in a voice recognition sample and hell, toss in a urine sample as well and that might offer me sort of enough security. Even then it still seems a bit too risky.

  • Matt
    March 1, 2007 4:27 pm

    What, no full body X-RAY scan and Bone Marrow sample? :P

  • Thinkreferrals
    March 2, 2007 6:47 am

    what a great idea, let’s add those 2 items as well.

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