Vidoop ImageShield for AOL OpenID Users - now a public beta

This is a followup to my earlier blog with the same title (Vidoop ImageShield for AOL OpenID Users ?). Yesterday we opened up our private beta as a public beta for all AOL/AIM users that use their AOL OpenID to login to any 3rd party websites that supports OpenID (Relying Parties). To try it out just go to any OpenID relying party site and login with your AOL OpenID (openid.aol.com/) . In the OpenID login page you will see an option to add a Vidoop ImageShield Password to your account. Just click on the Setup an ImageShield Password link to select the image categories for your account. Please note that currently your original AOL/AIM password is still in place so you will always have the option of just using your password. In fact you would need it anyway to login to standalone AOL, AIM, or any email clients that you might be using for accessing your AOL Mail.

Please try it out and let us know if you have any feedback. We really hope this will help you always to make sure you are signing in from the AOL Login page and not at some phishing site the RP has redirected you too. Soon we will have the off band browser registration enabled (via SMS or email) that will improve the security of your account and credentials even further. For now you have to click on Sign In with Vidoop ImageShield link on the login page but in the future that will automatically be the default option if your account and browser are already enrolled for Vidoop ImageShield Password.