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.

Sensors - Authentication

Future scenario:
It's the year of 2025. Ben wakes up at 6.30 in the morning and grabs his mobile device. He puts his pointer finger on the authentication sensor which reads his fingerprint. The device tells him that he's logged in as an authenticated world citizen and welcomes him back online. From now on all his online communication is signed with his world citizen id. Ben presses the built-in money button and sends the 1000 world coins he owes his brother. Ben's brother is also online and quickly expresses his gratitude that he finally got his money back. Ben switches to incognito mode and comments in a forum that he'll be late to that damn A.A meeting. Then he goes to the shuttle just outside his house which takes him to his work place. The fee is automatically paid by his device.
A good friend of mine (Odd Möller) came up with the idea of an authentication sensor.