[OpenID] What are openids weaknesses?

[Simon Willison]

On 9/3/07, Hans Granqvist <hans at yubico.com> wrote:
> On 9/2/07, Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.) <eddy_nigg at startcom.org> wrote:
> > I think, that's the weakest argument "against" OpenID. With todays blogger
> > mentality, a URL makes even sense - specially with bloggers as a target for
> > adoption in mind. Aren't those URI's exactly like OpenID URI's?
> >
> Sure, if all you want is that bloggers use OpenID, then no problem, but I'd
> hoped we all  aspired for it to be more than that. Or no? Is OpenID just an
> authentication mechanism for the blogosphere?

Most people who use MySpace have no idea what a URI is (or a URL for
that matter), but they know that their MySpace page is
www.myspace.com/fuzzybunny1001 - the idea of a URL for identity is
already mainstream, it's just the terminology that isn't understood.