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luigi on Sept 25, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: OpenID: Now more powerful and easier to use

Once WebFinger is widely supported (that is, using an email address as an OpenID instead of a URL), the OpenStack will be ready for the masses.

jmillikin on Sept 25, 2009 [–]

Using an email address for your OpenID is already possible, assuming your provider supports it. I haven't seen any great rush to support email OpenIDs, though, so it could be that most email providers just don't care.

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