If you do value privacy, please do check us out https://register.blib.us (pre-alpha software, still being written. We are still looking for early adopters). BTW, we did double our pre-alpha users in the past one month!
Maybe I'm completely ignorant of the process, but what is the point of a (marketed as) completely private system that is automatically, and required to be linked to a google account?
Excuse us for being pre-alpha: (and using Google's OpenID): Its a demo of OpenID, which can be migrated to many other providers. In Beta, you should be able to login with 100 other providers, and forget about Google :)
Random usernames have a way of biting you back. Indeed I've been assigned to collect information from users, and what they want in Blib ( Did not think of the double meaning ). Just click "Register/Sign up" Button here: https://register.blib.us (Currently we only support @gmail addresses and use OpenID to authenticate). :( - I agree that was a bad choice - to pick Google as a provider. Beta should fix this.