Since the previous editos on OpenID I was reading here and there about opinions and comments on OpenID especially from people against.
Who said that OpenID is the best, most secure, only solution for Identity 2.0? Let’s see this step by step.
First major problem of OpenID is phishing! I thought that all websites could be victims of phishing, not only OpenID. But the problem here that in case your identity have been cracked, cracker can access anything about you on the web. This sounds very bad!
Do I understand that today there is no solution to phishing? We have posted about OpenDNS on Hosting Magazine and mentioned their phishing solution. This is one solution at the DNS level and there are lots of others that fight against the Internet bad guys.
Second problem of OpenID?! Well, that’s everything because I didn’t find any second real problem unless you suggest me something. So are people all worries about phishing and its possible impact on OpenID or others alike solutions? If in the time people was so worried about computer’s virus there will be no operating system industry at all, after all today everyone have an antivirus with his PC or server.
So I think the opportunities for Identity 2.0 are opened wide now, and it’s time to take it to the next level. I’m not talking about OpenID only, if there are other protocols better it should be considered also. Security is always an issue to deal with it, and not an obstacle to stop at it.
