Why I should NOT use Facebook Connect or OpenId for logging in users?

Question

Jeff Atwood argues that we should stop asking users to register on our websites because we should rather use their "internet driver's license -- that is, [their] existing Twitter, Facebook, Google, or OpenID credentials" for authenticating them.

While I am beginning to think that he may be right, I could not yet decide and I am looking for arguments against letting foreign sites gain control over personal web pages.

Do you see any dangers of authenticating users like this?

Answer 1

if you want a more in depth response based from someone who has dealt with this technology before, you should listen to the recent .NET Rocks with Rob Connery which was precisely about this topic. http://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showNum=626

After listening to it I decided to NOT use OpenID on my site.

Here is the link to Rob's blog post on the subject: http://blog.wekeroad.com/thoughts/open-id-is-a-party-that-happened