Comments on: FreeYourID: Personalized OpenID http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:44:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Compare best web hosting services - bestdamnhosting.com » SixApart, WordPress and 37Signals Support OpenID; Why Not 1&1 and GoDaddy? http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-1687996 Compare best web hosting services - bestdamnhosting.com » SixApart, WordPress and 37Signals Support OpenID; Why Not 1&1 and GoDaddy? Sun, 21 Oct 2007 01:01:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-1687996 [...] I subscribed up for isabel.wang.name as my OpenID finished FreeYourID (which I feature most on TechCrunch). If null else, they managed to sell me a .name domain. My discourse is, ground isn’t [...] [...] I subscribed up for isabel.wang.name as my OpenID finished FreeYourID (which I feature most on TechCrunch). If null else, they managed to sell me a .name domain. My discourse is, ground isn’t [...]

]]> By: FreeYourID Free .Name’s » Freakitude http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-1482899 FreeYourID Free .Name’s » Freakitude Wed, 04 Jul 2007 08:43:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-1482899 [...] [via Techcrunch] [...] [...] [via Techcrunch] [...]

]]> By: Chris Peters http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-1030666 Chris Peters Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:11:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-1030666 You can get a free OpenID identity at <a href="http://www.claimid.com" rel="nofollow">ClaimID</a>. It seems like these kinds of things will be a dime a dozen in the near future. You can get a free OpenID identity at ClaimID. It seems like these kinds of things will be a dime a dozen in the near future.

]]> By: Kyle Korleski http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-966433 Kyle Korleski Sat, 17 Feb 2007 20:50:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-966433 Oh yeah, I just got mine. http://kyle.korleski.name/ Oh yeah, I just got mine. http://kyle.korleski.name/

]]> By: David Mackey http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-959836 David Mackey Sat, 17 Feb 2007 06:00:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-959836 Not a bad price. Not a bad price.

]]> By: Scott Kveton http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-956116 Scott Kveton Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:15:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-956116 Robin: you'd need the shlep's password to get access to their world domination plans. If you have their password I would agree, they are a shlep. I'd suggest you read up on OpenID at http://openid.net for more information about how OpenID works. I think you're confused about how it works. Better yet, feel free to sign-up for one and give it a try for yourself. Robin: you’d need the shlep’s password to get access to their world domination plans. If you have their password I would agree, they are a shlep.

I’d suggest you read up on OpenID at http://openid.net for more information about how OpenID works. I think you’re confused about how it works. Better yet, feel free to sign-up for one and give it a try for yourself.

]]> By: Scott Kveton http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-956101 Scott Kveton Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:13:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-956101 Not everyone wants to do a bunch of work to manage their own OpenID. More importantly, they want control of their identity. Having your own domain means you can point it at whatever OpenID provider you choose. If you decide to transfer your domain to another registrar, you can do so and then follow the steps that Dmitry has show folks. If you just want it to "work", then $10.95/yr is pretty reasonable and you still retain control. I notice that the majority of people mentioning price as a concern actually already delegate their identities already; you're not the target market for this product. Not everyone wants to do a bunch of work to manage their own OpenID. More importantly, they want control of their identity. Having your own domain means you can point it at whatever OpenID provider you choose. If you decide to transfer your domain to another registrar, you can do so and then follow the steps that Dmitry has show folks. If you just want it to “work”, then $10.95/yr is pretty reasonable and you still retain control.

I notice that the majority of people mentioning price as a concern actually already delegate their identities already; you’re not the target market for this product.

]]> By: Robin http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-955735 Robin Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:10:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-955735 To quote... "When you need to log in to a service or website, just type in your personal .name address, and the website connects to the OpenID servers, asking for authentication for you.". Presumably at that point, OpenID then asks you for your OpenID password otherwise I just type in some shlep's OpenID, e.g. george.bush.name , and access all their secret world domination plans. I'll stick to using an encrypted USB key with RoboForm on it, and my own domain name from UKReg (with free web forwarding, email forwarding, etc). To quote… “When you need to log in to a service or website, just type in your personal .name address, and the website connects to the OpenID servers, asking for authentication for you.”.

Presumably at that point, OpenID then asks you for your OpenID password otherwise I just type in some shlep’s OpenID, e.g. george.bush.name , and access all their secret world domination plans.

I’ll stick to using an encrypted USB key with RoboForm on it, and my own domain name from UKReg (with free web forwarding, email forwarding, etc).

]]> By: Hakon http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-955526 Hakon Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:35:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-955526 DavidEzra, just to clarify, when you register a name on freeyourid.com, you own the .name domain/email just like you would a .com domain. You can also transfer it to any Registrar. The difference with .name is that the Registry (we) share a lot of the names so many people can use them, like smith.name or jones.name, (and soon all the two-character names too), which are very common names and therefore interesting to share DavidEzra,

just to clarify, when you register a name on freeyourid.com, you own the .name domain/email just like you would a .com domain. You can also transfer it to any Registrar.

The difference with .name is that the Registry (we) share a lot of the names so many people can use them, like smith.name or jones.name, (and soon all the two-character names too), which are very common names and therefore interesting to share

]]> By: DavidEzra http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-955343 DavidEzra Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:06:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-955343 Instead of paying $11 a year for a name you'll never own, you could get your very own FREE "Personalized Domain" via MobileOX.com - which not only links you to a single site, but to all of your favorite sites. Instead of paying $11 a year for a name you’ll never own, you could get your very own FREE “Personalized Domain” via MobileOX.com - which not only links you to a single site, but to all of your favorite sites.

]]> By: dreadsword http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-955086 dreadsword Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:21:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-955086 Hrm... seems like maybe more solution than the problem demands - i.e.: as annoying as multiple accounts can be, how much of a problem are they in actuality? For example, I have a different key for the front door of my house, the garage door, my car, my three bike locks, the stairwell at work, my desk at work, my gym locker, cottage, and my parent's place. Its "annoying" to carry around a key chain, but far from annoying enough to push for some sort of OpenKeyChain hardware standard. I look at my online accounts the same way. Stanmiller had a good point too. One point of failure makes me nervous... http://slantt.net/news/techcrunch/freeyourid-personalized-openid Hrm… seems like maybe more solution than the problem demands - i.e.: as annoying as multiple accounts can be, how much of a problem are they in actuality?

For example, I have a different key for the front door of my house, the garage door, my car, my three bike locks, the stairwell at work, my desk at work, my gym locker, cottage, and my parent’s place. Its “annoying” to carry around a key chain, but far from annoying enough to push for some sort of OpenKeyChain hardware standard. I look at my online accounts the same way.

Stanmiller had a good point too. One point of failure makes me nervous…

http://slantt.net/news/techcru.....zed-openid

]]> By: Paul http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-954899 Paul Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:43:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-954899 This is pretty cool. I signed up, very easy. This is pretty cool. I signed up, very easy.

]]> By: Dmitry Shechtman http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-954845 Dmitry Shechtman Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:31:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-954845 Wow. I thought TechCrunch didn't promote stupid ideas... <a href="http://blog.phpbb.cc/2007/02/14/thank-you-for-not-registering/" rel="nofollow">FreeYourID: Thank You for Not Registering</a> Wow. I thought TechCrunch didn’t promote stupid ideas…

FreeYourID: Thank You for Not Registering

]]> By: Max Howell http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-954805 Max Howell Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:25:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-954805 You can still be unidentified, just register some random openid at myopenid.net. You can still be unidentified, just register some random openid at myopenid.net.

]]> By: Dan Gudema http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-954776 Dan Gudema Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:20:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-954776 Not sure about the saved logins in one place being that important right now. However, while most of us on this blog have a dozen or a hundred domains at godaddy, most of the world is pretty much out of it. Isn't there still like 10 million aol users, and I still see netzero ads. So, there is a good market out there for newbies. We are not alone! Not sure about the saved logins in one place being that important right now. However, while most of us on this blog have a dozen or a hundred domains at godaddy, most of the world is pretty much out of it. Isn’t there still like 10 million aol users, and I still see netzero ads. So, there is a good market out there for newbies. We are not alone!

]]> By: Sheila http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-954674 Sheila Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:58:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-954674 Got my wings from Protopage, with one id I can alight on any PC from Bogotá to Brisbane, from Portugal to Peru! One start page lets me in from any stop over, suits me fine! http://www.protopage.com Got my wings from Protopage, with one id I can alight on any PC from Bogotá to Brisbane, from Portugal to Peru! One start page lets me in from any stop over, suits me fine! http://www.protopage.com

]]> By: Ashish Mohta http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-954394 Ashish Mohta Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:55:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-954394 SIngle identity can be risky.I dont want too loose everythig if i loose this one.Moreover its not free.May be buiness ppl will like it but wil they? SIngle identity can be risky.I dont want too loose everythig if i loose this one.Moreover its not free.May be buiness ppl will like it but wil they?

]]> By: Peter http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-954214 Peter Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:15:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-954214 I see a clear demand for the simplification of managing login credentials. If you're only accessing a few different services then sure, redundancy through different logins could provide some short term security benefits, but with the amount of new emerging service providers launching cool and useful applications almost daily there will be a point of diminishing return. This is a good move IMO, the .name domain has a clear correlation to you as an individual, and combined with OpenID creates an effective combination to solve the complexity of accessing multiple different services. I’m part of a new startup in the Social Networking space, and we’ve been planning for some time to integrate OpenID support relatively soon out of the gate. I see a clear demand for the simplification of managing login credentials. If you’re only accessing a few different services then sure, redundancy through different logins could provide some short term security benefits, but with the amount of new emerging service providers launching cool and useful applications almost daily there will be a point of diminishing return.

This is a good move IMO, the .name domain has a clear correlation to you as an individual, and combined with OpenID creates an effective combination to solve the complexity of accessing multiple different services. I’m part of a new startup in the Social Networking space, and we’ve been planning for some time to integrate OpenID support relatively soon out of the gate.

]]> By: Thomas Barker http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-954149 Thomas Barker Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:01:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-954149 It's cute - but I've never wanted a .name address, and I still don't :-) If someone will give me a single *properly* secure login mechanism for all my online banking, billing accounts, brokerages etc, then I'll happily pay £30+ a year for that. Until then ... (<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/openid/about.bml" rel="nofollow">Livejournal does OpenID too</a>.) It’s cute - but I’ve never wanted a .name address, and I still don’t :-)

If someone will give me a single *properly* secure login mechanism for all my online banking, billing accounts, brokerages etc, then I’ll happily pay £30+ a year for that.

Until then …

(Livejournal does OpenID too.)

]]> By: Snorre http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-954024 Snorre Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:33:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-954024 I signed up, verrrrrrry easy and cool signup. Misses that in services like this, they are always so hasslesome. While this was fast and easy. Easy DNS redirection change too. Hot stuff if you ask me! :-D I signed up, verrrrrrry easy and cool signup. Misses that in services like this, they are always so hasslesome. While this was fast and easy. Easy DNS redirection change too. Hot stuff if you ask me! :-D

]]> By: tobto http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-953715 tobto Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:26:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-953715 I like to be unidentified I like to be unidentified

]]> By: Dr. FeelBad http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-953612 Dr. FeelBad Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:59:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-953612 Seems a bit expensive to me. There will wind up being an open-source implementation of this, if there isn't already, to provide this service for free. Having my own foo.name address isn't that appealing. Seems a bit expensive to me. There will wind up being an open-source implementation of this, if there isn’t already, to provide this service for free. Having my own foo.name address isn’t that appealing.

]]> By: China Internet Market Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-952863 China Internet Market Blog Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:45:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-952863 I don't see why it's so hard to get this moving forward if people really wanted it. Think of this as a DMOZ directory where companies/sites that implement it, get free P.R.. Of course, eBay's of the world will always ignore such initiatives, so the entire industry would collapse within moments. . However, I agree with Stanmiller I don’t see why it’s so hard to get this moving forward if people really wanted it. Think of this as a DMOZ directory where companies/sites that implement it, get free P.R.. Of course, eBay’s of the world will always ignore such initiatives, so the entire industry would collapse within moments. .

However, I agree with Stanmiller

]]> By: Ralph Dagza http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-952815 Ralph Dagza Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:32:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-952815 I prefer to have my own domain just like johndoe.com because its easier to remember I prefer to have my own domain just like johndoe.com because its easier to remember

]]> By: Adam http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-952748 Adam Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:14:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/15/freeyourid-personalized-openid/#comment-952748 (Yawn) Next. (Yawn)

Next.

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