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Rant article, poorly reasoned points, simply makes assumptions without backing them up.

OpenID login can make logins possible with two clicks, and it is possible to use a hybrid approach.

Perhaps but I think he still makes some good points. From the average user's perspective the implications of providing a user name and password are totally clear and the process is completely under the user's control. The security implications of using a third party site to do some kind of behind-the-scenes techno-magic are completely unfathomable.

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