Is it possible to use OpenID with a Chrome Extension?

[Matt]

Before you say yes, please know I've spent a lot of time googling this question, and OpenID is not OAuth. I have yet to come upon anybody, (or any extension in the google store that I've found) that actually uses OpenID in an options or background page on a Chrome Extension, though I've found a lot of unconcluded chatter on the matter.

I want to use OpenID because I had hoped it would be a simple way to uniquely identify users based on their email (and not just a google account). I

• don't even need--and in fact, do not even want--the user's email. I just need a unique identifier
  
• would prefer to avoid creating a unique ID for the user like an API key because that could be open for abuse unless I create another system to ensure the same person doesn't create multiple keys

Thanks in advance!

[Joe Marini]

Have you looked at the chrome.identity API?

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