Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 17th Aug 2007 02:22 UTC, submitted by randommsdev
Microsoft has announced the release of Windows Live ID Web Authentication. This means that WLID (formerly known as Passport) is now opened to third party websites to use as their authentication system. Any Windows Live user can potentially log in to a website that implements Web Authentication. Interestingly sample implementations are available in the Ruby, Python, Perl, and PHP open source languages amongst others -- tested on openSUSE 10.2 but expected to work on any platform that supports these languages. More details are available in the SDK documentation.
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2005-11-13
Because, as we all know, dishonesty is the best policy. :-)
:)
I think of it more as protecting yourself from spam and the possibility of identity theft. The less of yourself you *put* online the less of a chance you'll have problems later.
Has the Internet made us all this nasty, or has it simply exposed us for what we are?
Companies have conditioned this behavior through the selling of our information and the constant bombardment of advertising.
There is nothing nasty about protecting yourself or 'opting' out of possibly marketing by entering incorrect information.
What reason should someone need my home address when all I want to do is sign in to a forum on the net? None that I can think of!