Secure for who though. From a user point of view it is probably OK. What about from a corporate point of view. If Google has google-analytics on each page and you also login with your Google OpenID they will be able to match up the information. All of a sudden Google, Yahoo, Microsoft will be able to match search etc information to you personally because you will be using their authentication method. They will not be breaking current laws as far as I know though as they are not storing extra information about your search only correlating information they have from your searches and OpenID use. It is a marketing bonanza for them.
Then if you extrapolate: The OpenID end points can give you targeted marketing after you login by dragging it from Google, Microsoft etc marketing companies based on the profile they have built up on you using your OpenID and searches and things like Google-Analytics. What marketing company would not pay large sums to have directed adds aimed at people.
I wonder if there are any policies about OpenID information gathering, storage and usage by companies etc. What are the privacy terms when you sign up for an OpenID? What protection is there for us from the big corporate companies.
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Secure for who though. From a user point of view it is probably OK. What about from a corporate point of view. If Google has google-analytics on each page and you also login with your Google OpenID they will be able to match up the information. All of a sudden Google, Yahoo, Microsoft will be able to match search etc information to you personally because you will be using their authentication method. They will not be breaking current laws as far as I know though as they are not storing extra information about your search only correlating information they have from your searches and OpenID use. It is a marketing bonanza for them.
Then if you extrapolate: The OpenID end points can give you targeted marketing after you login by dragging it from Google, Microsoft etc marketing companies based on the profile they have built up on you using your OpenID and searches and things like Google-Analytics. What marketing company would not pay large sums to have directed adds aimed at people.
I wonder if there are any policies about OpenID information gathering, storage and usage by companies etc. What are the privacy terms when you sign up for an OpenID? What protection is there for us from the big corporate companies.
Yours sincerely
Ish Ulpin