Comments on: Should MyColts social net support Open ID? http://www.patcoyle.net/2007/03/07/should-mycolts-social-net-support-open-id/ "The things we think and do not say," J.M. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:22:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Kevin Makice http://www.patcoyle.net/2007/03/07/should-mycolts-social-net-support-open-id/#comment-2509 Kevin Makice Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:06:09 +0000 http://www.patcoyle.net/2007/03/07/should-mycolts-social-net-support-open-id/#comment-2509 The idea behind OpenID is an important one - lowering barriers to entry. In some ways this is less about the uber-member who has 100 different accounts to manage (many of which are likely the same username/password anyway) than the one who has a few very different ones who might be encouraged to seek out and contribute to new communities without the hurdle of managing yet another account. Maybe I'm wrong about it, but I also thought Open ID isn't an anonymous-maker, it's a profile unification tool. This isn't like Bit Torrent trying to mask identity. Anyone making a comment or contributing to a community will still leave an identifiable footprint, even if you have to look in a centralized place for some of that data. The idea behind OpenID is an important one - lowering barriers to entry. In some ways this is less about the uber-member who has 100 different accounts to manage (many of which are likely the same username/password anyway) than the one who has a few very different ones who might be encouraged to seek out and contribute to new communities without the hurdle of managing yet another account.

Maybe I’m wrong about it, but I also thought Open ID isn’t an anonymous-maker, it’s a profile unification tool. This isn’t like Bit Torrent trying to mask identity. Anyone making a comment or contributing to a community will still leave an identifiable footprint, even if you have to look in a centralized place for some of that data.

]]> By: Joel Price http://www.patcoyle.net/2007/03/07/should-mycolts-social-net-support-open-id/#comment-2495 Joel Price Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:24:24 +0000 http://www.patcoyle.net/2007/03/07/should-mycolts-social-net-support-open-id/#comment-2495 I think we have a ways to go before openID is totally accepted and who is to say it will actually be adopted after it is thoroughly weathered by hackers and scammers. Let’s say someone is able to take over your openID credential, now you have an argument that you’re at greater risk than ever before. It’s like having one key for every lock you encounter in your life. Even though you have the inconvenience of multiple logins you’re at least less vulnerable of losing everything. I’m sure this can be debated. By the way Microsoft Passport had tons of support (eBay etc.) when it launched and now I don’t even think Microsoft uses it. I’m not jumping on the bandwagon just yet. However, I will be watching closely. I think we have a ways to go before openID is totally accepted and who is to say it will actually be adopted after it is thoroughly weathered by hackers and scammers. Let’s say someone is able to take over your openID credential, now you have an argument that you’re at greater risk than ever before. It’s like having one key for every lock you encounter in your life. Even though you have the inconvenience of multiple logins you’re at least less vulnerable of losing everything. I’m sure this can be debated.

By the way Microsoft Passport had tons of support (eBay etc.) when it launched and now I don’t even think Microsoft uses it.

I’m not jumping on the bandwagon just yet. However, I will be watching closely.

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