OpenID allows you to login to multiple different websites with one username and password. You'll notice that the username looks just like website addresses (URLs), and that's exactly what they are. Now your identifier (username) is also a web page so you can, depending on your OpenID provider, take advantage of that. The OpenID username you use has a special form, like these examples:
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http://myvanitydomain.com/or -
http://me.yahoo.com/mcaction/or -
aaron.binprop.org(the http:// is usually optional)
Advantages:
- Remember only one username and password.
- Share or withold personal data with multiple sites at your discretion.
- No more registration forms. Participating sites can let you in with zero registration!
- Massive industry support from Google, Yahoo!, and AOL.
- These companies are taking slow, but important steps toward converting their users to OpenID participants.
- Choosing a provider is very important. No one owns this technology, so providers have a competitive incentive to provide safe, secure, and useful services.
FAQs
Who supports it? (matrix of login boxes)
Consumers (you can log in to these sites with your OpenID)
Providers (these sites will issue an OpenID to you)
Consumers and Providers (these sites do both)
How do I control a URL? You will need to have technical knowledge about creating websites and access to a webserver. Unripped is working to provide customizable OpenID profiles so you can have the best of both worlds. See the contact information below; we would be glad to help you out personally in using and getting the most out of your openid.
Read more about OpenID from the OpenID Foundation. You can learn about useful OpenID tips, security benefits of OpenID, and the latest OpenID news.
If you have questions or comments, please [send us a note] or join us in irc on freenode in #unripped.