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.
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.
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...)