With support from Google, Microsoft, Ping Identity, ForgeRock, Nomura Research Institute, and PayPal, OpenID Connect launched today.
OpenID Connect performs many of the same tasks as OpenID 2.0, but does so in a way that is API-friendly, and usable by native and mobile applications. OpenID Connect defines optional mechanisms for robust signing and encryption. Whereas integration of OAuth 1.0a and OpenID 2.0 required an extension, in OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0 capabilities are integrated with the protocol itself.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by ikanreed on Thursday April 23 2015, @06:49PM
It doesn't matter, because so many sites are forcing people into facebook/google based single sign-on anyways. And no one is fighting back. I almost made the mistake of using a google sign on to pay for something recently, but bailed when I realized what they wanted was to automatically spam "buy our products!" from my non-existant google+ profile.