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In response to Tech Crunch’s story on Open ID

I love the idea and practicalities of the OPEN ID concept, however, my concern as a consumer and user is in the long term, with all my credentials stored in one place, doesn’t that increase the risk of identity fraud?

Its not the Facebooks or Googles that I’m concerned about, I love and trust them, but its the external forces and entities that can take advantage of this massive piles of data in one hit. Terrorists, Government, company buyouts, rogue staff…

In 2006 even the US government was weighing over Google to hand over data which would be considered private. Read more about it here:

http://www.siliconbeat.com/entries/2006/01/18/googles_privacy_fight_with_the_government.html

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