you’ll fare better with some sort of locally installed software package that manages your internet credentials for you.

I founded an online password manager - so not installed locally, but stored in the cloud. We use Host-Proof Hosting

There’s some basic security info here:
http://www.passpack.com/info/security/

But if you’d like more info, please feel free to ask.
Cheers,
Tara

Nice post, happy to see your interest in OpenID. There is a good comparison of the different OpenID providers up here: http://spreadopenid.org/provider-comparison/

I am a relative new comer to OpenID as well and have seen it grow by leaps and bounds in a very short while. With world wide adoption, including several major players here in the US, its hard not to believe that OpenID wont be the default single sign on protocol. Not to say everyone will have to give up the login/password model, but they should have the choice to use their OpenID.

I work for Vidoop and we run an OpenID provider (http://myVidoop.com) and also offer a browser plugin for managing your standard logins and passwords. The plugin ties in to your myVidoop OpenID account, is easy to install and allows a member to save and manage all of their standard logins/passwords from within their myVidoop account. If interested we have a video explaining more about the plugin: http://tinyurl.com/2y888w

I have been using the browser plugin since I started at Vidoop a couple weeks ago and it has been pretty handy. I would be interested to hear any feedback, I think its a nice combo, but I am biased.

Cheers,
Kevin