Sunday, December 21, 2008

Authentication - OpenID

For those who haven't heard of OpenID, it is an open, decentralized user identification standard, allowing users to log onto many services with the same digital identity. OpenID authentication is used and provided by several large websites. Organizations like Google, IBM, Microsoft, Myspace, Orange, Verisign and Yahoo act as providers. Authentication can be made through normal passwords, but also with smartcards or fingerprint biometrics. It seems very promising. I tried to find out if there are any mobile phone vendors out there that support fingerprint authentication using the OpenID standard. I couldn't find any. I think it would be awesome to just press your finger on the sensor of a mobile device, and *swoosh* - you're online, ready for e-mailing, chatting, using banking services, online purchasing , blogging or whatever you do on the net that requires a login procedure. No need for user names, passwords or certificates. Just a fingerprint recognition and all service providers know that you is you and nobody else. I'm sure that this idea is in the makings somewhere. It cannot be that far away that this could be available to everyone. I mean, the Asians use fingerprint biometrics for online banking already. Hope that they also hop on the Open ID train.

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2 Comments:

At December 22, 2008 12:27 AM , Blogger Odd said...

How about this?
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/21/cellphone-hacked-to-analyze-blood-detect-diseases-on-the-spot/

 
At December 22, 2008 12:48 AM , Blogger Matti Hultstrand said...

Very interesting use of the backside of a mobile device.

 

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