OpenID adds PhoneFactor option

Posted  May 16, 2008 By Steve

OpenID continues to grow at a tremendous rate.  It allows users to create their own personal identity and use it to access more than 10K web sites (and growing).  It has been endorsed by Google, Yahoo, IMB, etc. and appears to be one of the open source technologies that will take hold and become a mainstream standard.

Of course, the power of OpenID can also be a danger.  Maintaining a single (or a few) OpenID identities is simple, but it also makes the case for strong authentication security even more important.  If someone gets your password (through whatever means), they can potentially access a lot of important imformation without your concent. 

 This has led to a great new offering from Positive Networks/PhoneFactor and JanRain regarding using PhoneFactor authentication with OpenID.  It is now available in the US (and some other places on a test basis) and you can create an OpenID account enabled with PhoneFactor two-factor authentication at www.myopenid.com    

Check it out and the announcement is below: 

https://www.phonefactor.com/pressrelease051208.php