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From: "A. Baker" <boojum_42@yahoo.com>
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Subject: [9fans] (you think you have) mail problems.. (now?)
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 12:45:39 -0700
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>Authenticating the sender will be mandated for
>communications with Government somewhere soon, be
>that tax returns or road tolls or something.
>Microsoft is already trying to get Passport as the
>de-facto :

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http://theregister.co.uk/content/archive/24938.html

Passport has proved incredibly controversial.
Microsoft holds data of customers who use Passport,
but industry and customer opposition has forced the
company to revise this. Future versions of Microsoft
.NET My Services, which will use Passport, will be
re-worked to let enterprises customers run their own
services, side stepping the Microsoft middleman.

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God help us.

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Boojum

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