Understanding OpenID
When developers create new software applications, they must write code that allows the user to log into the system, which means password management. To prevent hackers from comprising the user credentials, software developers must make considerable effort to make sure the usernames and passwords are secure. As an alternative to implementing their own username and passwords, the developers instead can leverage OpenID. OpenID allows users to use an existing account to log into multiple websites. Today, more than 1 billion OpenID accounts exist and are accepted by thousands of websites. Companies that support OpenID include Google, Yahoo, WordPress.com, and more. When a user accesses one of these sites, the user can specify ...
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