OpenID is prominent in the headlines today, with Yahoo announcing that you will soon be able to use your Yahoo credentials to login on sites that support OpenID. While Yahoo’s move means that 248 million people will soon be able to use OpenID, it’s not as if there aren’t already plenty of other options; for example, you’ve been able to use your AIM credentials to login to OpenID-supporting sites since February of last year. In fact, back in May, one of the first articles I wrote for Mashable was “14 Great Ways You Can Use OpenID Right Now.”
Granted, for widespread adoption, many more sites need to not only act as service providers but also allow people to login on their own sites (something Yahoo's current plans fall short of) using OpenID. However, given our web-savvy audience, I thought we'd take a look at where the movement currently stands, at least amongst early adopters:
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