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Many people don't want to give out another e-mail or another password to yet another site. Given the Gawker and other leaked account debacles, many people use the same login/authentication across web services. By using my Facebook login, I put more trust in Facebook securing my credentials vs. a startup I barely know anything about. Plus, it saves me tons of time.


What happens when FB disables your account?


The login problem is solved better by OpenId than by Facebook Connect.


Isn't OpenID effetively dead?




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