![]() ![]() So here’s how to get going–in like two minutes. In other words, Facebook is saying to the world: We accept Google users as valid users, so if you show up to Facebook and you’re already signed into Google, you’re considered legitimate to us, and we don’t need to authenticate you further. ![]() Well, Google is now the behemoth of Identity Providers, and Facebook is now the Grand Pubah of OpenID Relying Parties. Within the OpenID system you can be an Identity Provider (someone that websites trust to provide authenticated users), or a Relying Party (a website that has services and wants to accept users from an Identity Provider). So, two of the companies that are embracing OpenID the most are Facebook and Google, but in different roles. The big players who aren’t there now will be soon. Everyone’s getting into it: Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Verisign… everyone. If you’re interested in more details, I just finished a piece on web auth technologies here, but the point is that OpenID is blowing up. ![]() Security: you don’t give websites your password.Simplicity: a single username and password to remember.Convenience: faster registration on new sites: get setup in seconds.It allows you to use one online identity on many different websites, and it keeps you from having to give your password to the sites you use. The wholesomeness that allows this to happen is called OpenID, which is a powerful technology that you probably want to start paying attention to. without entering your Facebook username and password, just because you’re already signed into GMail. It’s just recently become possible for you to sign into Facebook automagically, i.e. ![]() So you have a Facebook account, right? And you use Google Mail, right? Good, then this is for you. ![]()
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