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Anonymous OpenID. A mailinator-style service for OpenID. I’m glad someone’s built this; it reinforces the idea that an OpenID should not be trusted as an account without first using a verification step.

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  1. Testing the anon-server.

    The key problem I see for OpenID is that it uses ownership of URLs rather than ownership of emails for the 'proof' of identity. My belief is that URLs don't prove identity better than emails and may possibly be 'cheaper' than emails. My own preference would be to use ownership of a domain name (which has its own problems). (read more...)

    Charles Darke - 21st January 2007 14:23 - #

  2. JKG.in shut down their service. Openid.Anonymity.com is the only disposable OpenID solution I'm aware of at the moment. (Using it right now :))

    Anon - 21st May 2009 00:26 - #

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