A data breach @ gawker earliar this week had many people scrambling to figure out if their data had been exposed and resetting passwords on other sites just in case they had reused their password there.
Subscriber who was using facebook login formerly known as facebook connect was safe. There are many option on internet for users like Open ID, Twitter Login, Facebook Login and Yahoo or sometimes google.
@ these sites a single sign in authentication provides you login for multiple sites, It is more convenient then making account on every site and filling your personal information again and again, taking risk of eavesdropping and keylogging( If using public computers). More than 2 million sites are using facebook login and i guess same data will be for open ID. Every time you comment , login or do any other think you need to login with your account or sign up for a new account, makes it difficult to remember passwords and usernames, but if you use a single login for all sites , you need to worry about facebook or openID passwords only. Now facebook has made a simple as i read at their blog for devlopers so you can easily integrate your site with facebook
"Today we're launching a new registration tool that gives website owners the ability to offer quick, easy and social options for sign-up.
It is an excellent alternative to using Facebook Login (formerly Facebook Connect) when:
you want to provide an option for users without Facebook accounts
your site needs additional information that Facebook doesn't provide
a traditional HTML form suits your site more
By minimizing the friction associated with signing up for a new account and making it easy for people to bring their friends with them, we've seen that people are more likely to complete the sign up process, stay on sites longer, share more content, and come back more often. For example, in beta tests with FriendFeed, Facebook sign ups increased 300%.
The registration tool is an iframe that websites can add with just one line of code, and customize to request the specific fields required to create an account. When a user is logged into Facebook and arrives at the registration tool on a website, they'll see that the form is prefilled with the relevant information he or she has already shared on their Facebook profile. Users can see the specific information the site is requesting of them, giving them more control to decide whether to sign up.
The site can request information stored on Facebook (e.g., name, verified email address, current location, etc.) or custom information (e.g., text fields, checkboxes, dropdown menus, security checks, typeaheads, etc.). Users can decide whether to share their information with the site by clicking "Register," or if a Facebook account isn't required by the site, select an option to fill out the form manually. Because the tool works through an iframe, no data is shared with the website until the user clicks "Register."
When a user registers for the site with their Facebook account (similar to Facebook Login), the site is given permission to access the user's basic information on Facebook in addition to the data presented in the form, and in turn can provide the user with a personalized and social experience." By paul tarjan from facebook devlopers blog
About facebook security- Facebook has a huge userbase it spend a big amount of its budget on its users security and privacy while other small sites faces fund problems and concentrate on traffic and user base. So if use facebook or open id you are more safe than any other .
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