Many websites just want an identifier, without having to torture the user by asking them to give a password. Facebook and twitter are not a good option for that

Many websites just want an identifier, without having to torture the user by asking them to give a password. Facebook and twitter are not a good option for that. I don't want to know my users' facebook details and certainly don't want them to think i'm one of those crappy apps that post on their wall. Twitter is down more often than not as i 've noticed, and again, i dont want users to be uncomfortable about sharing their identity with my website. Plus, twitter and facebook won't be here forever and may be a fad. Imagine if people used their myspace handle to login to their bank account today. And facebook accounts get disabled/hacked much more often than, say, gmail. E-mail is much more signup-and-forget and nobody considers giving their email address a privacy violation. I see lots of complaints here about the technical aspects of browserid, yet i believe it's the most pragmatic approach one can take to rid the web from the dreaded password plague.