Gmail Accounts are now also a OpenID
- 0 Comments
That’s right folks, it seems as though Google, in the footsteps of Yahoo, has finally opted to join the OpenID revolution. This means that you can use your Gmail username and password on sites with OpenID. I assume that in the coming months, more and more will start accepting this global system, one that sites such as Plaxo.com already use.
My question is what will happen, if people two sites such as Yahoo and Gmail both want to use their usernames and passwords on a site accepting the OpenID system, but who both have the same usernames. I realize that now they probably won’t allow people to register names that have been used in the system, but what about duplicated that already exist? Anyways it just one of the many small issues that OpenID will have to work out, but the idea of one centralized system controlling all accounts would make all of our lives just that much easier. I’m definitely looking forward to the day we’ll be able to use the same username and password on every major website on the internet. Boy, that sure would be a change of pace!