Comments on: What PayPal’s member in the OpenID Foundation could mean http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/01/28/what-paypals-member-in-the-openid-foundation-could-mean/ This can all be made better. Ready? Begin. Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:50:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris Messina http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/01/28/what-paypals-member-in-the-openid-foundation-could-mean/comment-page-1/#comment-103734 Chris Messina Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:28:18 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/?p=1162#comment-103734 Not a bad point, Allen, but couldn't you say the same about email-based PayPal accounts? I mean, I suppose email addresses have, by their design, less "surface area"... but just because a payment gateway is specified doesn't mean that there's any, or much, money behind it. As well, I'd think that there'd be both legal and anti-fraud contingencies that would apply here. Not a bad point, Allen, but couldn’t you say the same about email-based PayPal accounts? I mean, I suppose email addresses have, by their design, less “surface area”… but just because a payment gateway is specified doesn’t mean that there’s any, or much, money behind it.

As well, I’d think that there’d be both legal and anti-fraud contingencies that would apply here.

]]> By: Allen Tom http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/01/28/what-paypals-member-in-the-openid-foundation-could-mean/comment-page-1/#comment-103733 Allen Tom Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:22:41 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/?p=1162#comment-103733 Not sure if having your payment instruments being automatically discoverable is a good thing. Broadcasting to the world that your OpenID has a credit card behind it is asking to have your account targeted for cracking. Not sure if having your payment instruments being automatically discoverable is a good thing. Broadcasting to the world that your OpenID has a credit card behind it is asking to have your account targeted for cracking.

]]> By: Chris Thomson http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/01/28/what-paypals-member-in-the-openid-foundation-could-mean/comment-page-1/#comment-103729 Chris Thomson Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:28:01 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/?p=1162#comment-103729 If PayPal was to support something similar to the XRDS example you provided above, and some online stores were to support OpenID, that'd be killer. It'd be great if you could simply go to Amazon, enter in your email address (or OpenID), approve the request, and have it already know your shipping information and your PayPal account. That would certainly make it easier to become a first-time customer at an online merchant like Amazon. If PayPal was to support something similar to the XRDS example you provided above, and some online stores were to support OpenID, that’d be killer. It’d be great if you could simply go to Amazon, enter in your email address (or OpenID), approve the request, and have it already know your shipping information and your PayPal account. That would certainly make it easier to become a first-time customer at an online merchant like Amazon.

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