OpenID is an open, decentralized, open-source framework for user-centric digital identity. Think about all the accounts you have online: blogs, wikis, to-do lists, photo galleries. The list is endless ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Like others in the online world, Brad Fitzpatrick wanted to give people a way to sign in to all sorts of Web sites without needing to remember individual user names and passwords for ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. If you havent used OpenID yet you probably will soon. This ...

The decision two weeks ago by Yahoo! to support the burgeoning openid initiative, where users choose their preferred user account provider for logging into other Web sites, was a defining moment for ...

[Ed. We have recently seen a rise in interest in several new identity technologies. These technologies arise from a different set of missions than traditional enterprise focused, domain-centric ...

Security: As far as security goes, it's much easier to manage only one username and password rather than 45, right? So you could change your OpenID host password periodically just to keep things more ...

Last issue I predicted a bit of a slowdown, some bumps in the road perhaps even some fracturing of the OpenID community in the coming year. Scott Kveton disagrees. Well, he would as he’s CEO of ...