Infoworld reports this morning that Yahoo appears close to becoming an identity provider for OpenID. This, of course, is the next step in a full implementation. You can already use OpenID to log into Yahoo properties like Flickr, for instance.
I've been using OpenID as a single sign-on for a while, for sites that allow it, via the OpenID plug-in for WordPress. It's a valuable and useful tool, hampered by the fact that there simply isn't enough support for it. With additional support from Yahoo, it looks as if momentum might be shifting finally.
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I like the concept, but there are a lot of ideas floating around – OpenID, FOAF, email as identifier, etc. – and at this point it seems difficult to pinpoint any clear winners, let alone make sense of it all
How do you see this playing out in the current data portability saga? Do you think other industry titans (i.e. Google, MS, etc.) will hop on board the OpenID bandwagon?
Some of them already are, Devin. http://openid.net/get/
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