2008/10/5 Mark mark@geekhive.net
Sebastian Moleski wrote:
I understand *what* people want to do with it. What I don't understand is *why. What benefit does OpenID provide over just registering with your usual user name and password at any site?
Using the same credentials on more than one site is gambling with your security. Basically anybody you share your secret password with can access all of your accounts everywhere if they want to.
Only if you use the same password for everything - what many people do actually...because it's a PITA to keep e.g. KeePass databases synchronized across maybe two computers and a PDA.
Marco