I've always been a bit uncomfortable with Facebook's terms of service. Well, I shouldn't say "always". The first few weeks were a pure love affair. I was charmed by it, estatic about how much fun and addicting it was. But as the novelty began to fade, and I began to learn more about the stakeholders behind Facebook, I had second thoughts about our relationship. I regretted the fact that I had originally told Facebook what real birth date was.

I began looking into OpenID today for the first time. The concept seems noble, but what does it really provide to us? Do we need this kind of infrastructure?

It's basically allowing you to have some control over your own ID card on the internet. It can get you into websites. Maybe reduce the number of passwords you need to remember.