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Andys on Oct 11, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Poll: What do you think of OpenID?

I hate OpenID, but I think OAuth is actually a good idea and a workable, practical solution.

kniwor on Oct 11, 2009 [–]

OAuth and openid solve totally different problems. Openid is federated login and oauth is about authorizing access.

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