Joel Norvell

Vidoop, a company using the OpenID protocol, is out to change the way we "sign on" by eliminating multiple login names and passwords. Vidoop has developed a method by which logging in to any site will require only one username and no password. Its login technology precludes users from having to create new passwords and names through asoftware-only two factor system. The system is called Vidoop Secure. It is differentiated by the way it authenticates users; through the use of categorized images. When users sign up for the service they chose a set of secret image categories (dogs, boats, trees etc.) that become their visual password. To sign into a site, users click their image from an ever changing grid of pictures. The result is a secure method of authentication that requires human interaction, yet very little of it.Vidoop provides web single sign-on using the OpenID protocol, but can also manage your web identities for sites that don't support single sign-on.