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> OpenId was a pretty neat idea twelve years ago. OpenId was maybe neat except for its little fatal flaw of being a single point of failure outside your contro
by mehrdadn 8y ago
> OpenId was a pretty neat idea twelve years ago.
OpenId was maybe neat except for its little fatal flaw of being a single point of failure outside your control. Your provider decides your account should be taken down and suddenly you use access to everything.
- WorldMaker 8y agoExcept OpenID was built for bloggers and you could change your account provider at anytime through URL delegation. OpenID's flaw was being built for the web where everyone had a "homepage" or "blog" just as nearly everything shifted to social media and corporate-controlled walled gardens.
- stickfigure 8y agoAlso, people just fundamentally don't think of themselves as web pages. Browserid/persona got it right with an email-esque identifier.