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[NEWS] Microsoft Loses Passport

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Mr.Guvernment

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| Microsoft Loses Passport |
| from the apply-at-consulate-for-new-one dept. |
| posted by michael on Friday December 31, @10:33 (Microsoft) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/31/1416212 |
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[0]nikkoslack copies and pastes: "Microsoft is abandoning one of its most
controversial attempts to dominate the Internet after rival companies
banded together to oppose it and consumers failed to embrace it. The
Redmond software company said Wednesday it would [1]stop trying to
persuade Web sites to use its Passport service, which stores consumers'
credit-card and other information as Internet users surf from place to
place."

Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=04/12/31/1416212

Links:
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1. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002136272_passport31.html


All that effort.
 
It was a good idea originally - but think - one company haveing all of your credit information and wanting to share it with any company that sign up along with MS to use this, like Ebay.... but now Ebay dropped it as well.
 
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