[Python-Dev] Too many Python accounts

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Sun Nov 15 22:58:23 CET 2009


> This doesn't seem to be a problem for all the other sites I use my
> openid with.

Perhaps they don't care about fake accounts at all? That would, in
particular, be the case if they accept arbitrary OpenID providers
(which means that essentially no real authentication happens).

> Why not allow users to login with their own openid, but
> only allow one account to refer back to the same delegated account?

That sounds good. I'm not sure how to implement a provider change
in that scenario, though.

Regards,
Martin


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