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14th January 2008 - Link Blog

twauth: simple mobile openid using twitter (via) Brilliant proof of concept by Ian McKellar: an OpenID provider that authenticates you by sending you a Twitter direct message.

Posted 14th January 2008 at 10:28 pm

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