The future of OpenID
2007 March 29
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Slides and audio from a talk at the Future of Web Apps 2007 conference in London.
A first-rate explanation of the potential and pitfalls of OpenID. You have to sit through all 34 minutes of, but I think it’s time well spent. If you don’t have the time, there’s a high-level overview of the concepts here
I’m convinced that OpenID will be great for e-participation – you don’t need to create a new account on another e-government website just to comment on an item or sign a petition.
On the other hand, it’s definitely early days, on the initial slope of the hype cycle etc etc
If you want more to think about, some conceptual issues around using OpenID to ‘outsource your security’ are being discussed now, for instance:
http://idlogger.wordpress.com/2007/08/20/a-good-point-made-on-openid/