'Open MS Passport': MyUID Goes Beta

mastergoon writes "MyUID, which has been refered to as an "open MS Passport", has opened their doors to public beta testing. MyUID is a user database system, with the purpose of allowing virtually anyone to refer to its records using only HTTP or HTTPS. Many companies have unified login systems, like Yahoo! and Microsoft, but unlike MyUID, these databases cannot be put to use by any site. As of now there is an alpha release PHP4 connectivity API, which while not feature rich is in full working order. APIs should be available in your favourite language soon. You can view this example of a site remotely connecting to MyUID using the alpha API, and give a go at spoofing a login. They want the security of the login methods tested extensively before going production."

Wow.

[Arial Sharon, 10pt.]

Maybe one day this could be almost as successful as MS Passport.

FAQ (karma whoring)

[XanC]

Here's the complete FAQ from the website:

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Q: When will the first API be done?
A: The alpha is out, check the download page.

Q: Can penguins fly?
A: No.

Like GMail accounts are hard to get now

[Anonymous Coward]

Google hands out invites now like a prostitute hands out VD. Heck, my dog has a GMail account.

Maybe, but...

[XanC]

He has a gmail account! He must be doing something right.

</sarcasm>

Re:Are we sure this is for real?

[mog007]

Are you crazy? It's not useless!

Not everyone has played enough Tux Racer to know that penguins can't fly.

Re:Flying solo?

[mrpuffypants]

Bah! This guys actually beat out a user named "Bill6969" that announced his new service called 'Passport'

He really didn't seem to care about standards, either, so he created his own standards ;)

Kinda Scary

[novalogic]

Think of the spam potential with this... I don't see why Gator hasn't tried this.

MyIUD

[jessemckinney]

For a second I thought this about someone's IUD. I know that this is slashdot and that anything goes, but that is just too personal if you ask me.

Re:MyIUD

[prockcore]

For a second I thought this about someone's IUD.

Close enough. No one should trust either one.

Re:Wrong idea?

[fyngyrz]

...why do you think that your SSN in the US is used so widely?

...because our legislators lied to us? Again?

Re:The "My" prefix

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh great, yet another thing with the "My" prefix. It has to be my #1 pet peeve in all of computing.

Wouldn't that be MyPetPeeve?

MyApologies.

Re:Flying solo?

[mwood]

"Specifications"? Where *have* you been. "Code first, design later (or never), and sneer at anyone who asks for documentation" is the new paradigm.

Security flaw?

[Anonymous Coward]

About a day after I created a MyUID account, I received the following mail on the mail address which I had entered in my profile. Don't know what to make of it:

Subj: MyUID.com Security & Privacy Warning...
It appears you created an account at www.MyUID.com.

I just wanted to warn you that this site has security problems that expose account and user information to anyone who knows how to look for it. You might want to consider removing your email and other contact information which could be used by Spammers or other evil-doers.

Please consider using a Microsoft PASSPORT account instead.
While PASSPORT security also sucks, at least you will help my efforts at global domination...

Sincerely,
William (Bill) Gates
http://www.billgates.org
[e-mail]