[OpenID] What are openids weaknesses?

[Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.)]

Hans Granqvist wrote:
>
> 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?
Well, I hoped that too, but there isn't a bigger consensus to operate 
towards additional solutions in order to make it more than that...
>
> How do you figure? Do you really think there is no diff for the common 
> end user if BofA
> says "Your user name is http://users.bankofamerica.com/xyzzy 
> <http://users.bankofamerica.com/xyzzy>" vs. "Your user name
> is xyzzy"?
Since OpenID isn't the regular approach of the user - password pair for 
SSO and login, one might expect some differences. This might even be 
obvious to the casual end-user. Therefore the difference isn't really 
hurdle - instead of a user name you have a URL. This is the least I'd 
worry about in my opinion...certainly not a weakness, just a different 
approach!

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