Stamping Passport

Stamping Passport
Mark Burnett, 2005-01-10

Microsoft can save its ailing authentication service, but only by scaling back its expectations on what kinds of accounts Passport is fit to secure.

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Stamping Passport 2005-01-10
Anonymous

Stamping Passport 2005-01-10
Todd Knarr

I think the third and fourth improvements are the critical ones. Passport failed, I think, primarily because it tried to provide users with one identity to use everywhere. That sounds good in theory, but in the real world people don't neccesarily want to have to give the same identity and authentication information to MSN Messenger as they use for their bank, and they sure don't want to use that same identity to an Internet gambling site.

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Stamping Passport 2005-01-10
Tommy Ward

Confusing article 2005-01-11
Nandkumar Saravade

Stamping Passport 2005-01-11
Anonymous

little market for passport 2005-01-11
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