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LiveJournal Founder Launches OpenID System

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the who-are-you? dept.

geekdreams writes "Brad Fitzpatrick, the founder of LiveJournal, has launched OpenID, an 'actually distributed identity system' for websites that accept user comments. The system utilizes decentralized servers to authenticate users, and aims to replace centralized ID systems such as Microsoft's Passport and SixApart's TypeKey. The first implementation of OpenID can be seen on LiveJournal comments pages." Previously mentioned on Slashdot, now out of development.

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  1. Re:Not really that good, IMHO. by Shakrai · · Score: 3, Interesting

    One of the things I hate about internet is precisely this. Face it, how do you feel when some links in slashdot to a "register for free!" kind of link? I also hate when I go to a blog or a online forum and I'm forced to register, wait for email, login, etc. Most of the time I give up - this thing would fix those problems.

    On the surface you might think that this thing would fix those problems but I highly doubt that it will change anything.

    Think about it: If the New York Times wouldn't adopt Microsoft's Passport solution do you really think that they are going to adopt this solution by a (in their eyes) virtual nobody? If something with the backing of the largest software company in the World couldn't take off then I don't hold out much hope for this except perhaps for some blogs here and there -- but that hardly solves the NYT problem.

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  2. Re:Not really that good, IMHO. by psyclone · · Score: 3, Interesting
    [OpenID] hardly solves the NYT problem
    Well, assuming this OpenID thing is really great and wonderful and doesn't make the baby jesus cry, then perhaps a lot of small sites will use it. And if a lot of small sites are using it, it might trickle up to a decent amount of medium sites, which might get noticed by a few large sites.

    No one liked Passport so that's why it didn't get used. This is a different idea which has a slim, but possible, chance of success.. even on large sites.