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I was under the impression that password managers are very techie-oriented ... I don't think OpenID is intended solely for techie sites.

I don't think the providers of OpenID intended for it to be techie-only, but my understanding of user research has shown that it's almost exclusively used by geeks.

I think OpenID has, at the conceptual level, a lot going for it. But in real-world execution, I can't stand it. I much prefer my own username/password protocols.



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