OpenID is an standard that describes how users can be authenticated by 3rd parties which means that websites don't have to store user credentials.

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How to find a list of sites that I've authenticated with using my Google OpenID?

I use Google's Profile feature when logging into sites that support OpenID. Is there a way for me to get a list of all the websites that I have logged into using my Google Profile as my OpenID.
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How do I figure out my Google OpenID URL?

I'm trying to log in to the CakePHP website using Open ID: http://ask.cakephp.org/users/login The most correct looking URL I've found is: https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id ..but I can't properly ...
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OpenID Security

Couldn't any webapp that requires an OpenID login just secretly store my password and get access to my account(s)? If not, why not?
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If my Gmail address is abcdefgh@gmail.com, then what would be my OpenID?

If my email is abcdefgh@gmail.com, what would be my OpenID?
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How can I use Facebook as an OpenID provider?

I'd like to use my Facebook account for my OpenID accounts. How can I do this?
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What is OpenID, and what do you need to do to get one?

I'm not sure I understand what OpenID is ... but I see plenty of sites that ask you for it. What is it? and how do I create one?
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How can I use Google as OpenID provider after Google +?

For Google+ users, the www.google.com/profiles/me URL redirects to the user's Google+ profile. How can I use Google as my OpenID provider now?
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Forget remembered OpenID

I accidentally clicked "Remember me" on a site requesting my OpenID. I'm using Gmail to provide it - is there a way to make it forget about that site?
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What is the difference between your Google Open Id and your Google Profile?

As far as I can tell, Google offers two separate Open Ids to all those who have a Google account. The first is accessed with www.google.com/accounts/o8/id and the second is just your Google profile ...
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Don't Google profile links work as OpenIDs any more?

For years I've been using a http://www.google.com/profiles/name.surname link as my OpenID. I've also used it to log in to StackExchange sites because If I've just pressed Google logo to log in there ...
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Get profile picture to show up in OpenID in Disqus

I am using my openID to comment on blogs that use Disqus. However when I comment on articles Disqus just uses their generic avatar instead of my photo. My openID provider is myopenid.com. I haven't ...
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How to get a list of sites where I have used a yahoo openid?

I have been using my flickr url as my openid on a number of sites. Since I found out that my google profile can also serve as my openid I was thinking of changing all my registrations from flickr to ...
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What will the response plan be if your openid provider gets hacked?

The recent hack of the gawker network has left a question in my mind. If I had an account at gawker, I would protect myself by changing my passwords at all the other identity providers where I use the ...
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Track and administer OpenID permissions on Google account

How do I track and administer all my OpenID permissions on my Google account? For example, I signed in to an OpenID-enabled site. If it was a new site I visited, I'd get a permission request page to ...
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Does OpenID expose your email address to websites?

Does OpenID expose your email address to the websites that use the service? For example, when using stackoverflow with google openID provider is my google address exposed to stackoverflow? (It seems ...
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Use Google as an OpenID without logging into the rest of it?

Every time I login to Google as my OpenID I stay signed-in. This can get annoying as I feel safer searching Google without being logged-in, even if my dynamic IP is logged. Obviously I can just ...
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OpenID, Gmail, Facebook, Yahoo login for Wordpress [closed]

I am looking for a way to allow users from different sites OpenID Gmail Facebook Yahoo AOL to login with their respective username/id. An example can be seen on this page Is there something like ...
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Need to change email address but want to keep connected YouTube, Google+ and miscellaneous accounts currently associated

I currently have a Gmail account that is associated with many other Google products such as Google+ and YouTube. My email address currently contains my last name and as I am not getting married I want ...
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Can I have multiple OpenID accounts?

I'm trying to understand OpenID better, and several questions are popping up in my head: Is it all right to have multiple OpenID accounts, from different providers? Is there any advantage or ...
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How does one log into Facebook using Linked Accounts?

I have linked my Yahoo and Google accounts with Facebook via the Account Settings. Both of them now appear in the Linked Accounts list. Displayed immediately above them is the following: If you ...
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What to do when your OpenID provider shuts down?

I have been using http://chi.mp as an OpenID provider for a year or two without issues but in the last couple months, the site seems to be breaking down with error 500s, slow to no response etc.. ...
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Photo Sharing Site (alternative to flickr) supporting OpenID sign in?

Greetings fellow web citizens, I'm looking for a web application to share my photos The thing that stirs me away from flickr is my general tiredness from maintaining the ever growing user ...
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Looking for an OpenID provider with CNAME and personal certificate support [closed]

Is there an OpenID provider which supports: Authentication based on personal certificates, installed in the browser Possibility of using your own domain with a CNAME to perform delegation, instead ...
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How can I change my IMDb account settings to use openID for login

I have an imbd.com account that I login to using an id and a password, I noticed recently that they support logging in using Facebook, Amazon and Google. I very much prefer using my Google account to ...
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Can't Login via OpenID from Mobile Phone?

Is it that third party authentication in general and OpenID in particular can't be used to login to websites, if I'm on mobile phone? The reason I ask this is because buxfer doesn't seem to allow ...
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Does an OpenID provider have a history of everywhere I have used my account?

The title basically sums it up but I have an openid from myopenid, I am just curious if the record each time I use it.
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Is Gmail for Business an openID provider?

Can accounts from apps for business(Gmail) be used with openid?
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How can I link my existing account in a website to OpenID?

Lets say I have already registered in a website and created a user id and password but, now I want to link my existing account to a OpenID account like Google, so that I don't have to remember ...
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Can I use Gmail on Google Apps as OpenID provider?

We use Gmail on Google Apps for email for our small company using our on domain-name. Now I would like to use the email-addresses with OpenID. Is there any way I can use Gmail on Google Apps as ...
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Youtube login with Gmail account

YouTube allows to login via Google account. However, you need to have a YouTube account. When I clicked sign in with Google account, it showed me two options: Associate your YouTube account with ...
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How to remove an account from OpenID?

I am not sure if it's not possible, or I just can't find the option. I approved a website/account on my OpenID account, but now I want to remove it from my account. Is that possible? If yes, how do I ...
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I can't add new account at myopenid.com - what should I do now?

I wanted to change domain I'm using for OpenID at myopenid.com. To do this I registered new domain, selected it, chose Add accounts from menu, entered e-mail address and user name for the new account ...
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Can Google host my OpenID delegating page as MyOpenID does?

I'm using MyOpenID as OpenID provider and I forwarded *.openid.dobrogost.pl subdomains to myopenid.com (using DNS CNAME entry). This lets me use piotr.openid.dobrogost.pl as my OpenID because MyOpenID ...
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How to list the sites I've authenticated with using a Yahoo OpenId?

Along the same vein of this question, is there any way to list the sites authorized with a particular Yahoo openId account?
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Free proxy sites that allow OpenID

I want to access a site that requires OpenID. I've tried a few free proxy servers, but they require payment for it to work. I found another one that didn't require payment, but then it didn't work. ...
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OpenID nickname on Blogger showing up as “openid” for delegate page

I have my site set up so I can log in using it as my openID. The log in works, however I have a problem on Blogger. My name shows up as "openid" instead of "radicalpi". The link to the profile is ...
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Can I login to my Google Apps mail using my OpenID from myopenid.com?

Can I login to my Google Apps mail using my OpenID from myopenid.com? If so, how?
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Is it possible to change your MyOpenID.com username?

I have been poking around for a while and can't seem to find anywhere to do it or if it is even possible so.. Is it possible to change your MyOpenID.com username?
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How do I disconnect my OpenID (Google Apps) from my IMDB Account?

Recently I signed up for IMDb. For this I used my Google Apps Account (Gmail) as an OpenID. I have since come to the conclusion that having all these accounts connected is not a good idea, so I want ...
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Google Apps error: Currently this single sign-in feature is disabled for the domain example.com

When I try to allow a third-party tool access to my Google Apps mail, I get the error: Currently this single sign-in feature is disabled for the domain example.com How do I solve this?
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OpenID Statistics. Show a list of sites

I have a google-account. And I use this account as openid on several sites. how I can see list of these sites?
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Is it possible to allow a Facebook account to get a RSS feed of protected LiveJournal entries?

I have a normal LiveJournal account and take full advantage of public, friends-only, and private posts. Another person who we'll call X has a Facebook account. I know that LJ allows Facebook ...
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I can't configure OpenID for Login at Facebook

I want to use my Google Account as OpenID login at Facebook. So after some Googling I found this Facebook help page, but at the Settings page there is no section "Linked Accounts", it looks like ...
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Is there any web app or script to import contacts using OAuth?

We want to add invite feature to our site, so users can invite their friends. Is there any web app or script that can import contacts from Gmail, Yahoo, Live, etc using OAuth, so we can send invite ...
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OpenID Consumer Plugin for Joomla

I've found a lot of plugins to turn Joomla into an OpenID provider - but I already have that setup and I need for Joomla 1.5 to consume OpenIDs - is there a plugin out there that will actually work ...
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OpenID Plug-ins

I am starting a website up now and I maybe using WordPress but if I use static HTML is there a way I can use OpenID on my site. I now about the Apache module but I have a simply hosting plan with ...
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How can I get the password of an openID associated site?

Login to Stackoverflow.com supports OpenID authentication. Alternatively, we can login using using Google account (among others). Once we associate any supported account, an openID is associated ...
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Google Sites: Google or Facebook Login

I would like to use Google Sites to create a membership web site, where somebody could come to the public landing page and then sign in with Google or Facebook (e.g. using OpenID) and then get access ...
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How to handle two sets of OpenID credentials providing the same information, on the same or different OpenID providers? [migrated]

I recently encountered a situation where one site assumed that if two different people's credentials for the same OpenID network produce the same email address then they were they same person. Also, ...
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Cannot Login to Stackoverflow with Google

I have a Google account which I registered with the email someone@something.com. I also have a Stackoverflow account to which I used to sign on using my Google account. Then I signed up for gmail ...

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