Social Times: Will OpenID Lose to Facebook Connect?
electromute
· 11 months ago
FBConnect is cool but hope Open ID makes it!
Will Burrus
· 11 months ago
We can't let Open ID lose this battle!
It makes sense that Facebook would attempt to do so, but we don't want to put this kind of control into the hands of one company! If we do this, then we deliver yet another blow to the whole concept of Open Source in general! Authentication should remain open.
Besides, don't forget Beacon!
Joe Dawson
· 11 months ago
I don't think that Facebook will have it all their way as their are several companies that form the Open Social Alliance all aiming to control the space!
Paulius
· 11 months ago
For OpenID-enabled sites it is possible to use IDSelector which makes loggingin much easier. Moreover signing in with Yahoo! ID or Google account can be done the same way as Facebook Connect - via simple text-link or image. I hope OpenID will withstand the monopolistic Facebook.
wiliam
· 11 months ago
Hail to the Thieves
So interesting that a short time ago Microsoft (A closed source company) wanted to push forward a standard (Passport) that would have give users the ability to have one log in that worked for many sites. At the time many in the tech and development community saw this as just another Microsoft Land Grab for our Identity and our Content. Many people saw Passport a Microsoft effort to finally gain control of the internet by becoming the standard for digital identity.
Today we have no less than 3 closed source companies in a race to become the "Standard" for holding or Identity and therefore having access to the content that we read and the content that we creates.
All of this at a time when there are many Open Source standards that could be used (Openid is just one that comes to mind) that if properly deployed would do the right thing by putting the user/member in charge of their log in as well as their relationships across many sites.
Have we forgotten the lesson of the not so distance past ?
Why do we not see a problem with the big 3 trying to become the proprietary standard in this very important area ?
Why do developers especially Open Source developers continue to build and extend applications for closed source companies that under mind open source standards and ideals ?
Why do users continue to view giving control of their identity and content to these companies as a win, when in fact the win is clearly on the side of the company that you have allowed to take control of your identity and to generate value and revenue from your content. In return for our compliance we do not even have a right to take our identity and our content where we want.
At adelph.us we believe in members freedom to control their accounts, and their content. We also believe that any revenue model should always put the members in the equation first. We believe in the Open Source community and ideals. We know we are not the smartest guys in the room and trust the our community of members and developers.
Break the chains of the old web 2.0 model. Do not give your content or your software development work to closed source old world companies that only seek to profit from you and your content
Kevin Milden
· 11 months ago
Probably not. OpenID is an authentication system that can be used for a wide variety of technical uses. Facebook Connect allows outside developers to leverage the social graph that Facebooks owns. OpenID is everyone. Facebook Connect is of course only Facebook. I hope to see a meta level service for Google, Facebook and OpenID.
Reid Williams
· 11 months ago
I wonder how many people will make the choice about who "holds" their web identity and not even know they are making one. It's hard to ignore the traction FB has at the moment.
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It makes sense that Facebook would attempt to do so, but we don't want to put this kind of control into the hands of one company! If we do this, then we deliver yet another blow to the whole concept of Open Source in general! Authentication should remain open.
Besides, don't forget Beacon!
Moreover signing in with Yahoo! ID or Google account can be done the same way as Facebook Connect - via simple text-link or image.
I hope OpenID will withstand the monopolistic Facebook.
So interesting that a short time ago Microsoft (A closed source company) wanted to push forward a standard (Passport) that would have give users the ability to have one log in that worked for many sites. At the time many in the tech and development community saw this as just another Microsoft Land Grab for our Identity and our Content. Many people saw Passport a Microsoft effort to finally gain control of the internet by becoming the standard for digital identity.
Today we have no less than 3 closed source companies in a race to become the "Standard" for holding or Identity and therefore having access to the content that we read and the content that we creates.
All of this at a time when there are many Open Source standards that could be used (Openid is just one that comes to mind) that if properly deployed would do the right thing by putting the user/member in charge of their log in as well as their relationships across many sites.
Have we forgotten the lesson of the not so distance past ?
Why do we not see a problem with the big 3 trying to become the proprietary standard in this very important area ?
Why do developers especially Open Source developers continue to build and extend applications for closed source companies that under mind open source standards and ideals ?
Why do users continue to view giving control of their identity and content to these companies as a win, when in fact the win is clearly on the side of the company that you have allowed to take control of your identity and to generate value and revenue from your content. In return for our compliance we do not even have a right to take our identity and our content where we want.
At adelph.us we believe in members freedom to control their accounts, and their content. We also believe that any revenue model should always put the members in the equation first. We believe in the Open Source community and ideals. We know we are not the smartest guys in the room and trust the our community of members and developers.
Break the chains of the old web 2.0 model. Do not give your content or your software development work to closed source old world companies that only seek to profit from you and your content