OpenID: Why, how, benefits, 37signals

Get your OpenID at one of many providers including:

One login, many sites

An OpenID is a single username and password that lets you login to any OpenID-enabled site. OpenID makes remembering different usernames and passwords for different sites a thing of the past.

Getting one is fast & easy

In fact, you may already have one. Every AOL/AIM user has an OpenID address (example: openid.aol.com/screenname). Or you can quickly obtain one from an OpenID provider like myOpenID. It’s free!

Works at thousands of sites

There are thousands of OpenID-enabled sites and more are getting on board every day.

37signals single sign-on

Basecamp, Highrise, and Backpack accept OpenID. This means you can use the same OpenID to log into all your accounts, plus any other site that supports OpenID. No more separate logins.

Step-by-step how-to guides

See our step-by-step guides showing you how to set up Basecamp & OpenID, Highrise & OpenID, and Backpack & OpenID.

It’s an open standard

OpenID is a protocol made for the public, by the public. No one—not Google, not Microsoft, not Yahoo—owns or controls your login information: You do.

Why OpenID?

Remember one username and password, not 100.

Get your OpenID at one of many providers including:

One login, many sites

Getting one is fast & easy

Works at thousands of sites

37signals single sign-on

Step-by-step how-to guides

It’s an open standard

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