Re:OpenID: Now more powerful and easier to use
by simonw on Saturday September 26, 2009 @03:12AM
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Your Flickr account security probably matters to you a lot more than you think. Plenty of people thought the security on their Facebook accounts "didn't really matter", then 4chan got hold of a bunch and used them to totally destroy people's reputations with their real-life friends: http://thecoffeedesk.com/news/index.php/2009/08/22/4chan-hac...
Re:OpenID: Now more powerful and easier to use
by jrockway on Saturday September 26, 2009 @12:39AM
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You have to sign up for some completely unrelated service to receive the "validate your email" link. So OpenID is nothing new in this respect; you have always had to have an unrelated service to sign up for websites.
The point now is that every site you visit doesn't have to have your password and email.
Re:OpenID: Now more powerful and easier to use
by wvenable on Saturday September 26, 2009 @12:39PM
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A lot of Web 2.0 sites don't even bother validating your email anymore -- such as hackernews, reddit, etc. They have a username and password that isn't connected to anything. That works for me.
And I don't have to signup for some completely unrelated service to receive an email -- everybody already has email.
The average web user isn't going to give a crap, and honestly neither do I. And I generally love technology for technology sake.
And don't get me started on how horrible HTML email is... ;)