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100 million OpenIDs in service

5 points by dawie 20y ago

dawie 20y ago
I guess thats a critical mass. Enough to make you think hard about allowing people to log into your app with open id.
nondbwidget 20y ago
i think openid is bullcrap noone really uses it
felipe 20y ago
I love the OpenID concept, but here are three major problems IMO: 1) Will users remember an URL? Users already have enough problems remembering their own email addresses! And I don't think the "users are familiar with URLs" assumption is true: I've seen over and over non-tech users actually using Google as an address locator (that is, typing "Yahoo Mail" on the Google search box to access Yahoo Mail). 2) The phishing issue is a show-stopper, and convincing users to download a plug-in or install a client cert is simply not feasible. I don't see how they will fix this issue, unless if they convince Firefox and IE to provide an out-of-the-box fix (like a pre-installed plug-in or an open id CA cert) 3) It's not like user management is a huge pain from an implementation standpoint. And right now the risks of outsourcing user management to OpenID is higher than doing it in-house.
- dawie 20y ago
  A 100 million users can't be wrong
  - kmt 20y ago
    63M of those are AOL users: http://dev.aol.com/aol-and-63-million-openids http://dev.aol.com/aol-and-63-million-openids Those OpenIds were created automatically. What percentage of those AOL users do you think even know what OpenId is?
    - dawie 20y ago
      You don't need to know the name of something to use it. I think OpenId is going to become like an email address.
  - felipe 20y ago
    This claim is quite misleading. How many of those 100 million users are actually using OpenID? I suspect a majority of those are AOL accounts. Is AOL actively promoting OpenID among its users? UPDATE: I just noticed kmt (post above) asked the same question, sorry for the double comment.
lupin_sansei 20y ago
Who here actually has an open id? I don't know anyone with one.
- dawie 20y ago
  I am seriously considering getting one. Its also interesting how seem to have parallel systems. An OpenId system running alongside a login systems as we know it.

5 points by dawie 20y ago

dawie 20y ago

I guess thats a critical mass. Enough to make you think hard about allowing people to log into your app with open id.

nondbwidget 20y ago

i think openid is bullcrap noone really uses it

felipe 20y ago

I love the OpenID concept, but here are three major problems IMO: 1) Will users remember an URL? Users already have enough problems remembering their own email addresses! And I don't think the "users are familiar with URLs" assumption is true: I've seen over and over non-tech users actually using Google as an address locator (that is, typing "Yahoo Mail" on the Google search box to access Yahoo Mail). 2) The phishing issue is a show-stopper, and convincing users to download a plug-in or install a client cert is simply not feasible. I don't see how they will fix this issue, unless if they convince Firefox and IE to provide an out-of-the-box fix (like a pre-installed plug-in or an open id CA cert) 3) It's not like user management is a huge pain from an implementation standpoint. And right now the risks of outsourcing user management to OpenID is higher than doing it in-house.

dawie 20y ago
A 100 million users can't be wrong
- kmt 20y ago
  63M of those are AOL users: http://dev.aol.com/aol-and-63-million-openids http://dev.aol.com/aol-and-63-million-openids Those OpenIds were created automatically. What percentage of those AOL users do you think even know what OpenId is?
  - dawie 20y ago
    You don't need to know the name of something to use it. I think OpenId is going to become like an email address.
- felipe 20y ago
  This claim is quite misleading. How many of those 100 million users are actually using OpenID? I suspect a majority of those are AOL accounts. Is AOL actively promoting OpenID among its users? UPDATE: I just noticed kmt (post above) asked the same question, sorry for the double comment.

lupin_sansei 20y ago

Who here actually has an open id? I don't know anyone with one.

dawie 20y ago
I am seriously considering getting one. Its also interesting how seem to have parallel systems. An OpenId system running alongside a login systems as we know it.