Comments on: OAuth/OpenID for online transactions? http://mbilf.com/2009/01/auth-cash/ We couldn't think of any words that start with F... Thu, 01 Jul 2010 10:51:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Chris Messina http://mbilf.com/2009/01/auth-cash/comment-page-1/#comment-697 Chris Messina Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:17:32 +0000 http://mbilf.com/?p=216#comment-697 I think this is essential for OpenID -- and something that I've taken for granted as the next step for OpenID and OAuth. If you can imagine that instead of an identity wall to access a service, you have a "pay-wall" instead - and you advertise your payment broker on your OpenID (using what's called "Discovery"), you could facilitate OpenID as a mechanism for autofilling your payment source -- then you authenticate (or do an OAuth-like dance) -- and authorize access to disperse a certain amount of funds... This is also why I call your collection of "stuff" online "data capital". You access your private Flickr photos to same way you access your money in the bank. And the more you have of it, usually the better. I think this is essential for OpenID — and something that I’ve taken for granted as the next step for OpenID and OAuth.

If you can imagine that instead of an identity wall to access a service, you have a “pay-wall” instead – and you advertise your payment broker on your OpenID (using what’s called “Discovery”), you could facilitate OpenID as a mechanism for autofilling your payment source — then you authenticate (or do an OAuth-like dance) — and authorize access to disperse a certain amount of funds…

This is also why I call your collection of “stuff” online “data capital”. You access your private Flickr photos to same way you access your money in the bank. And the more you have of it, usually the better.

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