dmv wrote:
Which I lump into a similar class of hack. I guess I don't understand the multiple icons thing. One could set up an OpenID transaction service: developers target authenticating with the transaction service, and the service handles all of the cross-authentication services. But I am not necessarily sure why one would write or run that service for the public good. It would be like tinyURL or weblogs.com but less visible. And dealing with authentication issues makes it more sensitive -- not because the service would see the users' login information, but it could false authenticate users selectively.

It would need to be trusted. As for why someone would do this, its hard to say. Possibly you could run it as a non-profit and accept a minimal tithing from the sites that used it. You couldn't charge too much for it.

Why multiple icons?

As an indicator to the user about whether or not they are logged in.

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