We live in the so-called information age, and true to its name we’re constantly pummeled with data vying for our attention, so when something as genuinely new and exciting as Vidoop comes along, we expect people to cast us sideways glances while asking what it is exactly that makes us special.

While I could ramble on for many paragraphs while standing on my virtual soapbox, what I think deserves special mention is what Vidoop brings to the expanding OpenID space, and specifically how Vidoop has taken the idea of ownership over a single web identity, and expanded the concept to encompass not only websites that support OpenID, but rather the entire world wide web, while at the same time giving you as much or as little control over your online identity as you want.

Each of us has an identity. Some of us might be chefs, or secretaries, teachers or programmers, and we associate our identity with what we do for a living. We might also be gamers or bloggers or any number of other things online as well, and Vidoop is special in that it is the first tool to really manage this identity from a single point of contact. As an OpenID provider, myVidoop manages your identity using this emerging protocol, but we’ve stepped beyond that of other OpenID providers by eliminating the need to manage multiple identities and passwords as well, instead grouping all of this under your single myVidoop identity, with your online presence protected by the secret image categories that you selected when signing up for myVidoop.

What this means is that all of your existing web accounts, as well as those you sign up for in the future, can be easily managed and accessed using myVidoop alone. In addition, as mentioned in a previous post, myVidoop lets you store these accounts either locally or online, giving you the final say over just how much control you want to give our service over your online persona. Regardless of your choice, however, Vidoop’s mandatory off-band authentication to even see your image grid further protects against attempts to gain unauthorized access to your data. Vidoop puts you in control, while providing the necessary tools to keep you security in whatever you do online.

So we get back to the original question, and the point of this post, i.e. What makes Vidoop different from other OpenID providers? Quite simply, added security and more convenience. Couple this with an evolving feature set and it becomes more clear how Vidoop has differentiated itself from other providers. OpenID is about offering a free, decentralized framework for users to maintain their identity. Vidoop does this and so much more, and we encourage you to sign up for a myVidoop account today and try it for yourself.