INDY Members attach OpenIDs

In a post in April, I encouraged all current INDY Members to attach OpenID logins (e.g. Google, Twitter, etc.) to their INDY accounts. By doing so, members would not have to remember an additional username/password for the INDY website and information would be better secured.

If you are a current INDY member, please consider attaching an OpenID to your INDY account as soon as possible. For assistance with this process, please revisit the original post on the subject of OpenID.

I intend to phase out the INDY password in favor of the more secure (and memorable) OpenID authentication by 1 July 2011, so attach an OpenID now to avoid any inconvenience or interruption of your access to the INDY website.

INDY login with OpenID

Today, I'm proud to announce a new feature for existing INDY members.
If you're an INDY member, you can now "attach" one or many OpenIDs to your INDY account. This will allow you to log into INDY using your credentials from those sites.

As of the publishing of this post (2011-04-25 @ 16:00), the OpenID sites you can use are:

- Google
- OpenID
- Yahoo!
- Twitter
- Facebook

This simplicity this feature offers serves a dual purpose: it eases your login process to the INDY site and allows you to set a more secure authorization through OpenID(s).

I encourage all current INDY members to attach at least one OpenID to their account as soon as possible. At the least, this will give you "a second set of keys" should you forget the password for your INDY account. You can find the OpenID manager in the "My INDY" section. Look in the third row of navigation links.