readwriteweb.com — A consortium of companies including Google, Yahoo, MySpace, Meebo and more announced tonight that it will launch a new system on Monday that will let website owners discover which social networks a site visitor uses and prompt them automatically to log-in and share with friends on those network. The system is called XAuth .
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greatbigjerkApr 19, 2010
If social media sites suck, why are you on Digg?And yes I'd trust a system that allows one password to access everything provided it's held by a reliable and secure organization.
arkouroborosApr 19, 2010
So that the day your password is stolen the person who has your password has access to EVERYTHING.
arkouroborosApr 19, 2010
People would much rather give up any hint of privacy for some rudimentary convenience.
griffinjamApr 19, 2010
That's one way to look at it, but you really shouldn't be using Facebook (or anything similar) to authenticate to anything that you wouldn't want hacked. I mean, you would be stupid to use Facebook Connect to login to your online banking, so stupid that no bank is going to be stupid enough to offer the option.On the other hand, if someone breaks into your ilikemonkies.com account I have a feeling it wont be all that big of a deal for you.
myztryApr 19, 2010
No. I have an opinion.Since Facebook has never been de-throned before, nobody actually has the experience to be an expert on the matter. Not you. Not me. And not the guy who wrote the article either.
skinturtleApr 20, 2010
Actually probably not as stupid as you. You are almost as unoriginal as them. How does being worth $300 billion determine they are not a bunch of hacks?Quite the hard-on you have for MS I'd say. So tell you what...if you love MS so much as to reply with such vehemence...then go purchase a blow up doll and dress it up as Billy G for your fantasy purposes.
seculrprogrsiveApr 20, 2010
This is excellent news, and where social networking should be headed - a variety of competitive services that share information so they aren't walled off from eachother. All my friends shouldn't have to join the same service to stay in touch with each other. And I can't wait for some better services to compete with Facebook and knock their smug asses down ala friendster and myspace...
seculrprogrsiveApr 20, 2010
I can't wait for their decline. The walled-garden business model cannot succeed. Every company wants to have it all, instead of just a piece.