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.NET passport

Old 13th May 2004 | 22:21
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.NET passport

Anyone got one?

It looked like I was being bullied (by MS) into getting one when they asked for my email address AND password.

I hit the Cancel button at that point.

Should I be so worried?




Unless they wanted me to give a password for my passport Doh!
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Old 13th May 2004 | 22:32
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If you have a Hotmail account you already have one. Microsoft just consolidated all of their MSN services together so you can just use one login name and password to access everything. They also want people to save their addresses and credit card information so online shopping sites can use it when a shopper goes to pay for their items. For example ebay lets you log in using a .NET Passport account.

I don't trust storing my credit card info with Microsoft as they always seem to have trouble with security and are always a target for hackers, but otherwise I don't care.

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Old 15th May 2004 | 21:25
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Nothing to be afraid of. I gave it the absolute minimum of information, and it seems to work OK for what I want to do.

Needless to say, I didn't give it any credit card information!
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Old 19th May 2004 | 03:39
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thx. I got one eventually as I had to have it to access the MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional) site.
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