On 02/22/2013 08:32 PM, Brian Wolff wrote:
What ive always wondered is what happens if your oid provider goes under/otherwise dissapears. I imagine that means you lose your user account all across the internet, which is a scary thought
There is an additional part of OpenID called delegation. It let's you choose which provider you use, but you control your URL. When I cared, I used interi.org as my login, and if my provider ever went away I could sign up with a new one and set it as my delegated provider. If I recall, it is just a couple of meta elements.
In other threads: I've used OpenID for years, but I couldn't imagine why the wikae would be using it; I don't use bots or tools that require user accounts. I still don't get it, but it isn't that important for me; if this is helpful to those folks, good luck. ^_^
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