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Google Points At WebFinger. Your Gmail Address Could Soon Be Your ID.

WebSonic.nl [PersonRank 10]

Saturday, August 15, 2009
14 years ago2,410 views

<<There’s some excitement around the web today among a certain group of high profile techies. What are they so excited about? Something called WebFinger, and the fact that Google is apparently getting serious about supporting it.>>

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/14/google-points-at-webfinger-your-gmail-address-could-soon-be-your-id/

James Xuan [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

This is so win. I've always hated OpenID. *braces for attack from DPic*

DPic [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

Haha, i only supported OpenID because unified login is awesome, and it was open. If WebFinger can do the same, and is also open, i'm all for it =]

Roger Browne [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

The techcrunch post suggests that WebFinger can point to an identity server such as OpenID, but won't provide identity services itself.

So WebFinger can't replace OpenID.

WebFinger seems to be about providing reliable metadata for an email address. A cool and useful idea for sure, but not a game-changer.

Mrrix32 [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

Sounds more like Gravatar for profiles to me :/

James Xuan [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

I wish Gravatar would list all the comments you posted using it...

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