[wp-hackers] OpenID

[Jon Abad]

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to bring OpenID to the attention of the community.

http://www.danga.com/openid/

 From their page:
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This is a distributed identity system, but one that's actually 
distributed and doesn't entirely crumble if one company turns evil or 
goes out of business.

An OpenID-enabled site/blog lets you authenticate using your existing 
login from your homesite (whether that's on your own server or a hosted 
service) without giving away your password to the 3rd-party site you're 
visiting, or making a new account there, or giving away your email address.

And it's secure, and can run entirely in the browser without extensions, 
without moving between pages.

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Their intentions seem good and they want to have WordPress support so 
long term, this might be something we want to be a part of.

If this isn't the way to mention such ideas, I apologize in advance.

Jon Abad