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 Submitting bugs in the OpenID components will be difficult if OpenID must be working first...
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+# Privacy and Decentralization
+
+Maybe I don't understand OpenID well enough, but it looks like there are just few providers, most
+of which are huge companies or belong to such, and I don't trust them to verify me identity
+or to not track all my logins. I'll use OpenID only if I can make my own home server
+be my OpenID provider, and if doing so doesn't interfere with the design and security and
+privacy of OpenID, and doesn't require me to use centrally-signed certificates or pay to some
+company or anything like that.
+
+Is it possible to use OpenID in a way keeping the user in full control and allowing any user to
+have their personal provider without damaging the architecture behind OpenID?
+
+I'm worried, at least until the issue is cleared.
+
+-- [[fr33domlover]]
+
+> You can install an OpenID provider on your own server and use that if you
+> wish. I believe you will need an SSL certificate that `ikiwiki.info` trusts.
+> -- [[Jon]]
+
+----
+
+This poll is now 8 years old. Do we have enough data to make a decision?
+Can we consider adding `open=no` to the poll? -- [[Jon]]
+
+----
+
+I vote against disabling password logins until my OpenID will work on [ikiwiki.info](/)!
+See [[/plugins/openid/troubleshooting]]. -- Chap