Apple over-coming iPhone log-in hell by integrating Facebook?

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The biggest nightmare for me using the iPhone is logging into every stupid App I download. Lately it sounds like Apple might be looking for a way to fix this by integrating Facebook Connect. Facebook no doubt already has the largest user-base and effective log-in platforms known.

Safari already offers an option to remember passwords but does nothing for the problem described. Each iPhone App wants you to create an account with yet another user-name & password. This annoyance is most noticeable once you find yourself restoring the phone to it's original configuration. Few of these accounts do little more than store user-settings in the cloud, from what I can tell. It's not like they ask many personal questions beyond what do you want your user-name & password to be.

I'm not overly concerned with privacy but I know there's been lots of commotion regarding Facebook's overly complex privacy settings. I'm guessing Apple will likely just make it an option to speed up the log-in process on Apps.

NEWS LINKS:
- Pocket-lint - Facebook integration on way with iPhone OS 4.0
- Gizmodo - Facebook Might Be Built Into iPhone OS 4