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Comment on Ask HN: Thoughts on OpenID?

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Coming from a security background, I think there's something intrinsically wrong with that type of authentication system.

I like to use 1Password: a different, complicated, virtually uncrackable password on every site I use.

How do you log in if you are away from your mac though? Is there a web interface to 1Password?

I've actually wondered that myself, but I never find myself away from my Mac.

Yes, there is a way to lookup passwords through the web interface. 1Password automatically generates an encrypted web page that can be opened on Windows or Linux.

A unique password for each site. One password to remember.

Sounds like PwdHash.

Sounds like SuperGenPass, too.

  http://supergenpass.com/

I agree with Zarathu. Most people aren't responsible with their passwords, and OpenID solves those problems. But the people who are using OpenID right now are probably the same people who would be better off managing their own passwords.

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