Even with all the support OpenID enjoys within the tech industry, it’s no secret that the identity management technology still confuses the hell out of most web users. One of OpenID’s biggest ...

The OpenID Foundation today announced the launch of OpenID Connect, the organization's latest standard for authenticating users and building distributed identity systems.

OAuth2.0 and OpenID Connect offer a framework for handling them in an effective way. Learn the best practices in using both standards in different scenarios and application types. This e-book will ...

What They Do To start, you need to understand OpenID and Facebook Connect essentially serve the same purpose in respect to identification, with different feature access separating the two.

Details thus far are vague. Facebook's Mike Schropfer writes: We're happy to announce today that we are formalizing our support of the OpenID Foundation by officially joining the board. It is our hope ...