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by jarek 5626 days ago
You think OpenID was over elaborate but want to provide the user's phone number?
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trustfundbaby 5626 days ago
You're missing the point. I'm advocating for a general direction ... I don't have specifics..

Its not crazy. Facebook just announced something along those lines today http://marketaire.com/2010/12/23/facebook-registration-tool/

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jarek 5626 days ago
> Its not crazy. Facebook just announced something along those lines today

Yep, and it's not exactly a standardized API, neither would it be easy to move a system built on this to the next greatest thing from Twitter or Google. User data lock-in is nice like that.

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