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OpenID and Good Citizenship

May 09, 2008 (2:00:00 PM) - 1 year, 6 months ago

Hey! So I’ll just blurt it out: we’ve joined the OpenID Foundation! But I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s start from the beginning.

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OpenID and Tracking, Profiling, Phishing

Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 193.170.194.42] on May 09, 2008 03:40 PM

That an entity (sourceforge) that purports to be a "Good" citizen would join up with the insane farce that OpenID is, is scary and appalling at best. Know the facts! The link below is a good place to start.

http://idcorner.org/2007/08/22/the-problems-with-openid/

Re: OpenID and Tracking, Profiling, Phishing

Posted by: Lisa on May 09, 2008 04:32 PM

Well, yes, that's one way to look at it. You make good points, however there are several reasons why adopting OpenID makes good sense. One compelling reason is that the community users asked for it.