AKA Supports openID!

We’ve seen great momentum lately towards universal support of unique identifiers for single sign-on and information sharing. Microsoft and AOL have both recently decided to support OpenID. This is great news for AKA (since we’re already in the “unique identifier” space), and as of Aug 1, we support OpenID.

The good news for you is that you can now use your AKA openID to share your contact information via AlwaysKnownAs.com.

Here’s how it works:

• Members will be able to register for an openID from AKA. All existing AKA mambers automatically get an AKA openID - in the format openID.AlwaysKnownAs.com/YourAKA
• Your openID will work as your AKA - keeping your information current in your friends’ address books, if they use the AKA plug-in for Outlook, BlackBerry or Mac OSX.
• When you use your AKA openID to login to another site, you’ll be provided with a spiffy interface that allows you to easily customize your personal information for that particular site.
• Your openID URL from AKA will link directly to your public contact information, where users will be able to request more information from you or send you an e-mail.
• Eventually we’ll also support “foreign” openIDs as well, so you’ll be able to link your contact information to any identifier (no matter where it was issued), whether it be an openID, iname or an AKA alias.

Posted by: Greg Sharp

August 1st, 2007