http://joeanderson.co.uk/blog/2009/10/06/why-is-openid-not-more-popular/ A blog by a Brit about Web 2.0, the Internet and technology in general. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:53:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://joeanderson.co.uk/blog/2009/10/06/why-is-openid-not-more-popular/comment-page-1/#comment-494630 Ian Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:51:49 +0000 http://joeanderson.co.uk/blog/?p=1009#comment-494630 One main reason: lots of sites ended up happy being providers but few wanted to accept external ids, thus defeating the whole point. One main reason: lots of sites ended up happy being providers but few wanted to accept external ids, thus defeating the whole point.

]]> http://joeanderson.co.uk/blog/2009/10/06/why-is-openid-not-more-popular/comment-page-1/#comment-494604 David Gerard Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:57:04 +0000 http://joeanderson.co.uk/blog/?p=1009#comment-494604 The main problem as far as I can tell is that an OpenID login is all but indistinguishable from phishing. The other systems have the same problem. The main problem as far as I can tell is that an OpenID login is all but indistinguishable from phishing. The other systems have the same problem.

]]> http://joeanderson.co.uk/blog/2009/10/06/why-is-openid-not-more-popular/comment-page-1/#comment-490836 M.Bamieh Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:28:48 +0000 http://joeanderson.co.uk/blog/?p=1009#comment-490836 well the main problem with openID is what you already said... there are so many other systems that do the same thing that people can't be hassaled into implementing them all. not because its hard but because if they put a google, FB and twitter authentications they already covered just about everyone anyways without needing to refer to openid well the main problem with openID is what you already said… there are so many other systems that do the same thing that people can’t be hassaled into implementing them all. not because its hard but because if they put a google, FB and twitter authentications they already covered just about everyone anyways without needing to refer to openid

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