A few days I wrote a post about OpenID. There’s another authentication method similar to, but different from, OpenID called OAuth. OAuth stands for Open Authentication and was formed by a committee of users. The original spec for OAuth was released in late 2007. OpenID and OAuth were conceived for the same general purpose, but [...]

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What is OpenID?
OpenID is a decentralized, free, open standard that lets users control the amount of personal information they provide to a website. Simply put, it’s a way to control what personal information you allow sites access to and the ability to control it more easily. When using an OpenID, users authenticate themselves to sites [...]

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