4. Four problems
• Usernames and passwords suck
• Signing up for new accounts is a pain
• My online identity exists in dozens of
different places
• Social software suffers from too much
overhead
5. Four problems
(and their OpenID related solutions)
• Usernames and passwords suck
• Signing up for new accounts is a pain
• My online identity exists in dozens of
different places
• Social software suffers from too much
overhead
8. “We want to make you aware that media of ours
that contained a backup of a portion of the reddit
database was stolen recently [...] we wanted to
alert you to the possibility that your username,
password, and -- in some cases -- e-mail address
may have been compromised.
”
Steve Huffman, reddit.com
9. Two lessons
• Don’t store plaintext passwords in
your application’s database
• Don’t use the same password
on more than one site!
91. I can has lolcats!? BETA
Make your own lolcats! lol
Sign in with your OpenID:
OpenID: Sign in
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/05/16/i-has-a-backpack/
132. “People keep asking me to join
the LinkedIn network, but I’m
already part of a network, it’s
called the Internet.”
Gary McGraw, via Jon Udell, via Gavin Bell
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137. How do I build it in to my
Python application?