Re: OpenID and the web

[Lucas Oman <me () lucasoman com>]

Razi Shaban wrote:
> If you use a different account name and password at every single
> website, then if one account is compromised then all your other
> accounts are safe.

This is really not so, since most users sign up with the same email 
address. All an attacker needs to do is crack the email account and use 
the "forgot password" feature on most websites. Like it or not, most of 
us already have a single PoF in the security of our online identities.


Lucas Oman

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