Private Personal Agents vs. Microsoft's Passport

stefaanh asks: "With the recent MS Passport concerns, I remembered an 'IEEE Expert' 'JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1997 article called 'Managing your privacy in an on-line world' written by Michael McCandless. It talks about why you would hand out private information (on the Net), and proposes a personal agent that manages your info, in a way that you control, what, who and when to give out a selection of your sensitive data. Who benefits: you, and the companies that don't pay for outdated or inaccurate data anymore, but [pay you] for accessing correct data. Since I consider Passports 'security' not as serious as the potential of consumer tracking, what sits in the way for this personal agent to challenge the threat of Passport's centralized approach? Isn't the time right for such an implementation?"

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Frosty Toast

[Anonymous Coward]

Mad props to cyborg_testicle!

Re:Frosty Toast

[Anonymous Coward]

That was modded down quickly. Must be an automated script. By MICHAEL!

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Re:The ultimate personal agent

[natet]

Yes, I think you missed something...

Who benefits: you, and the companies that don't pay for outdated or inaccurate data anymore, but [pay you] for accessing correct data.

I sure would love it of some of the spammers that get my address from who knows where would pay me to recieve their email...