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OpenID currently only speeds up the registration process, not replace it

• apgwoz 19y ago
  But, how much "extra" information is really required for these services? Do they really need me to fill out my address or some other thing? Can't they just link my openid to a username of my choosing? If that's the case, it speeds up the registration process by a lot, and _nearly_ replaces it. (not quite since I'd need a username)
  • jgill 19y ago
    Open ID would be a good solution if it was adopted on a wider scale and was more on it's way to becoming a trusted standard. I think many sites require extranenous registration information just because other sites request the same information. It also gives them the option of analysis at a later date. Some companies may actually use the information they collect for data mining or to resell. Even though this can sometimes have evil purposes, sometimes it can be beneficial for a company to say Paul Graham really likes chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream and its his birthday, but for most places collecting this information is of little use. It's just annoying for the user, as the many replies to this news posting can attest to.
• petenixey 19y ago
  You can completely replace the registration process as long as the application doesn't need any data from the user. If the app needs data then you can pre-fill it (as we do at Clickpass). Even pre-filled though you still need to confirm with the user that they're happy to send it (you can't allow an app to call any data it wants from a user without asking them first)