EPIC Urges State AGs to Pursue Microsoft Passport

An anonymous submitter sent: "The Electronic Privacy Information Center has sent a letter to all state attorneys general urging them to pursue Microsoft Passport under state consumer protection laws."

It's a joke. Laugh.

[magicslax]

Since its introduction, consumers using Passport and Windows have been exposed to two major Internet viruses...

...named Passport and Windows. ^_^

deceptive trade practices

[markmoss]

From the letter: "Microsoft's failure to make public known security risks in Windows XP and Passport and provide a reasonable degree of control of personal information violates state law that prohibits unfair deceptive trade practices. In light of the FTC's reluctance to address this clear violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act even after the widely disclosed security flaws, we urge you to investigate the privacy and security risks of Microsoft Passport."

If that's deceptive, how about those ads claiming that Windows servers run unattended?

Pursuing Passport

[guttentag]

EPIC Urges State AGs to Pursue Microsoft Passport

So, which state attorney general do you expect will be the first to announce he's signed up for a Passport account?

EPIC: We urge you to pursue Microsoft Passport.
Unnamed State Attorney General: Thanks for recommending this great service. I transfer all my documents through Hotmail now and with Microsoft's upcoming Intellisignature Technology I can sign sign everything with just a click of my mouse.

I have two!

[russianspy]

That's right! I have two hotmail accounts. I guess that also means that I have two Passport accounts.
As for not using them, I can't. They're extremely valuable. You see - this way ALL the spam I would get in my primary account - goes to Hotmail. It's kinda fitting, don't you think?
As to why I have two? About two months ago I received almost 1,200 spam messages over a 24 hour period. that's NOT a joke. I abandoned [e-mail] and switched to a new one. I figure I'll give this one 6-12 months ;-)
Honestly though. There are VALID reasons for using Hotmail and other Microsoft services. This is one of them.

Re:Privacy for dummies. Chapter 1.

[Anonymous Coward]

Go to the passport site, and sign up using your congressman's email address. Send him an email telling him what's going on and that "some 'people' have been masquerading as famous people on passport -- please don't allow this to continue"

I bet...

[Spudley]

I bet that fellow who paid M$'s lapsed domain registration a few years ago on Passport.com is really kicking himself now!