Does the service design community need to work with the open source community to provide an alternative to Facebook Connect ?

The background is the increasingly dominant role being played by a few companies in deciding on the issue of privacy of individual data. Frankly it does require an open movement to ensure there are enough perspectives on the board and also to provide tangible simple alternatives.

The two articles that inspired this thought are as follows :

Facebook and Google: Contrasts in Privacy
Facebook Moves to Standardize and Own Customer IDs

The specific comment that got me thinking was ..”The open community has not met the challenge to provide a better alternative to Facebook Connect,” says Chris Messina, an OpenID board member.

Could the customer centric thinking of service design working in tandem with like minded platforms provide the answers and alternatives that safeguard interests of individual users

Would like your thoughts…