Secure and Monetize Social Networks with Vidoop

Among the companies debuting at Tuesday’s edition of Launch Pad was Vidoop, which aims to tackle two of social networking’s biggest challenges: security and monetization. The Tulsa, Oklahoma (“Silicon Prairie” as they fondly call it) based startup offers what CTO Scott Blomquist calls a “novel, fun, and easy to use authentication system.”

Designed to run on top of web sites that support OpenID authentication, Vidoop takes a visual approach to security. When you sign up for Vidoop, you select a type of picture you would like to be shown when you login to a site that utilizes their technology; for example, pictures of cars...