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Passport May Violate Euro Privacy

good-n-nappy writes: "More shocking news about Passport. The EU thinks Passport may violate privacy. Of course, Microsoft claims that all data is supplied voluntarily (for now... cue evil laugh). Too bad we in the U.S. will likely have to continue sacrificing privacy for national security." Part of a continuing series.

20 comments

  1. Does this violate you privacy? by anonymous+cowfart · · Score: -1

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  2. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  3. Excuse the ignorance... by MImeKillEr · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ...but it was explained to me by a friend who uses Passport that one of its main features was to sheild consumers from having to give their credit card information to every webfront said user purchases from. Instead, the webfront is given a confirmation number on the transaction. I ask you, how exactly does this make MS evil? Having never used Passport, I'm relying on his view for this (and seeing as how I've known him for 15 years, he's in the tech market, knows his stuff, etc...)

    How about a little less (right!) biased comments for the stories from the staff?

    Mod away. My karma's good.

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    1. Re:Excuse the ignorance... by linuxbert · · Score: 4, Informative

      Your right, the idea is a good one, infact, the CC companies have a Secure online trasaction standard (SET) that is used to authenticate cards, but not have individul mechants deal with the card information.

      The problem with passport, is that some people dontlike all there shopping habits and personal information tied up in a big repository, that could be sold at the drop of a hat.

      Microsoft also has a history of changing policies to benifit them, and take away rights from the user, and there is also the concern of your dataa being kept by microsoft as a result of thier track record on privacy and security of systems

      if visa offered this thier intentions would be to lessn fraud and increase thier profits. id say visa is trust worthy, and has a vaild point, so sign up now, but what is MS's reasons for doing this?

    2. Re:Excuse the ignorance... by MImeKillEr · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Ahh, but it was also explained to me that MS doesn't actually gather such data, and that the information is actually obtained by a 3rd party.

      To quote my buddy's email:

      "But people were worried that MS would track peoples spending habits if they had your CC info. Well they contract it out to a 3rd party organization that provides absolutely no data to MS on spending habits, etc..

      Just who exactly the 3rd party is, I don't know. Again, I'm ignorant when it comes to Passport, as I don't use it.

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    3. Re:Excuse the ignorance... by Anal+Cocks · · Score: -1

      Two questions:

      1. Your buddy's name, it's "Bill Gates," isn't it?

      2. And that third party is probably DoubleClick or someone like Gator, right?

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      Hey, kid... wanna touch my "kernel patch"?

      -- Alan Cox

    4. Re:Excuse the ignorance... by good-n-nappy · · Score: 2, Interesting

      You're still dodging the obvious question - what does MS get out of the deal? I suppose they're doing this for philanthropic reasons, right?

      The real reason this is a threat to privacy isn't as obvious in the short term. Its the same as the Oracle (tm) national ID card in the US. Only once it is an accepted standard will the true abuse begin.

      Your buddy is correct about how the system is supposed to work, but wait till MS changes the EULA. Do you really trust MS not to do this? If you do, then you or your buddy works for them.

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    5. Re:Excuse the ignorance... by dirk · · Score: 3, Interesting

      You're still dodging the obvious question - what does MS get out of the deal? I suppose they're doing this for philanthropic reasons, right?

      I am assuming here, but what they would be gaining would be websites paying to use the Passport service. As Passport takes off, more and more websites sign up to use it, and (I'm assuming here, but it makes perfect sense) pay MS for the use of the Passport service. It works like a credit card service, where the consumer pays nothing for it, because the business pays the fees up front. So yes, they are doing it to make money, just like Visa would be.

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    6. Re:Excuse the ignorance... by good-n-nappy · · Score: 1

      Yeah, that's nice. When Passport becomes a monopoly, there'll be a new meaning to the "microsoft tax."

      Of course, good luck taking business from the only monopoly bigger than Microsoft's.

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      Never underestimate the power of fiber.
  4. MS Privacy?!? by ChiPHeaD23 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Even if MS had a great privacy policy (which it doesn't), how safe can you be trusting them with personal data? Their history of insecurity makes me think twice about telling them anything. Remember the Hotmail exploit a few years back? What happens when someone cracks Passport server?

    As far as MS can tell I'm still an old lady from Qatar...

  5. The Linux Gay Conspiracy by pwpbot · · Score: -1

    It has come to my attention that the entire Linux community is a hotbed of so called alternative sexuality which includes anything from hedonistic orgies to homosexuality to pedophiliaWhat better way of demonstrating this than by looking at the hidden messages contained within the names of some of Linuxs most outspoken advocates Linus Torvalds is an anagram of slit anus or VD L clearly referring to himself by the first initial Richard M Stallman spokespervert for the Gaysexs Not Unusual movement is an anagram of mans cram thrill ad Alan Cox is barely an anagram of anal cox which is just so filthy and unchristian it unnerves meIm sure that Eric S Raymond composer of the satanic homosexual propaganda diatribe The Cathedral and the Bizarre is probably an anagram of something queer but we dont need to look that far as we know hes always shoving a gun up some poor little boys rectum Update Eric S Raymond is actually an anagram for secondary rim and cord in my arse It just goes to show you that he is indeed queer Update the Second It is also documented that Evil Sicko Gaymond is responsible for a nauseating piece of code called Fetchmail which is obviously sinister sodomite slang for Felch Male a disgusting practise For those not in the know felching is the act performed by two perverts wherein one sucks their own postcoital ejaculate out of the others rectum In fact it appears that the dirty Linux faggots set out to undermine the good Republican institution of email turning it into emaleAs far as Richard Master Stallman goes that filthy fudgepacker was actually quoted on leftist commie propaganda site Saloncom as saying the following Ive been resistant to the pressure to conform in any circumstance he says Its about being able to question conventional wisdom he asserts I believe in love but not monogamy he says plainlyAnd this isnt a made up troll bullshit either He actually stated this tripe which makes it obvious that he is trying to politely say that hes a flaming homo slutSpeaking about flaming who better to point out as a filthy chutney ferret than Slashdots very own selfconfessed pederast Jon Katz Although an obvious deviant anagram cannot be found from his name he has already confessed nay boasted of the homosexual perversion of corrupting the innocence of young children To quote from the article linkedIve got a rare kidney disease I told her I have to go to the bathroom a lot You can come with me if you want but it takes a while Is that okay with you Do you want a note from my doctorIs this why you were touching your penis in the cinema Jon And letting the other boys touch it tooWe should also point out that Jon Katz refers to himself as Slashdots resident Gasbag Is there any more doubt For those fortunate few who arent aware of the list of homosexual terminology found inside the Linux Sauce Code a Gasbag is a pervert who gains sexual gratification from having a thin straw inserted into his urethra or to use the common parlance pisspipe then his homosexual lover blows firmly down the straw to inflate his scrotum This is of course when hes not busy violating the dignity and copyright of posters to Slashdot by gathering together their postings and publishing them en masse to further his twisted and manipulative journalistic agendaSick disgusting antichristian perverts the lot of themIn addition many of the Linux distributions a distribution is the most common way to spread the faggots wares are run by faggot groups The Slackware distro is named after the Slackwear fags wear to allow easy access to the anus for sexual purposes Furthermore Slackware is a close anagram of claw arse a reference to the homosexual practise of anal fisting The Mandrake product is run by a group of French faggot satanists and is named after the faggot nickname for the vibrator It was also chosen because it is an anagram for dark amen and ram naked which is what they doAnother distro abbrieviated as such because it sounds a bit like Disco which is where homosexuals preyed on young boys in the 1970s is Debian an anagram of in a bed which could be considered innocent enough after all a bed is both where we sleep and pray until we realise what other names Debian uses to describe their foul wares Woody is obvious enough being a term for the erect male penis glistening with precum But far sicker is the phrase Frozen Potato that they use This filthy term again found in the secret homosexual Sauce Code refers to the solo homosexual practice of defecating into a clear polythene bag shaping the turd into a crude approximation of the male phallus then leaving it in the freezer overnight until it becomes solid The practitioner then proceeds to push the frozen potato up his own rectum squeezing it in and out until his tight young balls erupt in a screaming orgasmAnd Red Hat is secret homo slang for the tip of a penis that is soaked in blood from a freshly violated underage ringpieceThe fags have even invented special tools to aid their faggotry For example the supermount tool was devised to allow deeper penetration which is good for fags because it gives more pressure on the prostate gland Automount is used on the other hand because Linux users are all fat and gay and need to mount each other automaticallyThe depths of their depravity can be seen in their use of mount points These are plainly speaking the different points of penetration The main one is obviously anus but there are others Militant fags even say there is no opt mount point because for these dirty perverts faggotry is not optional but a way of lifeMore evidence is in the fact that Linux users say how much they love man even going so far as to say that all new Linux users who are in fact just innocent heterosexuals indoctrinated by the gay propaganda should try out man In no other system do users boast of their frequent recourse to a manOther areas of the system also show Linuxs inherit gayness For example people are often told of the FAQ but how many innocent heterosexual Windows users know what this actually means The answer is shocking Faggot Anal Quest the voyage of discovery for newly converted fagsEven the title Slashdot originally referred to a homosexual practice Slashdot of course refers to the popular gay practice of bloodletting The Slashbots of course are those superzealous homosexuals who take this perversion to its extreme by ripping open their anuses as seen on the site most popular with Slashdot users the depraved work of Satan httpwwwefforgThe editors of Slashdot also have homosexual names Hemos is obvious in itself being one vowel away from Homos But even more sickening is Commander Taco which sounds a bit like Commode in Taco filthy gay slang for a pair of spreadeagled buttocks that are caked with excrement The best form of lubrication they insist Sometimes these Taco Commodes have special Salsa Sauce blood from a ruptured rectum and Cheese rancid flakes of penis discharge toppings And to make it even worse Slashdot runs on Apache The Apache server whose use among fags is as prevalent as AIDS is named after homosexual activity as everyone knows popular faggot band the Village People featured an Apache Indian and it is for him that this gay program is namedAnd thats not forgetting the use of patches in the Linux fag world patches are used to make the anus accessible for repeated anal sex even after its rupture by a session of fistingTo summarise Linux is gay Slash Dot is the graphical description of the space between a young boys scrotum and anus And BeOS is for hermaphrodites and disabled stumpers FEEDBACK What worries me is how much you know about what gay people do Im scared I actually read this whole thing I think this post is a good example of the negative effects of Internet usage on people This person obviously has no social life anymore and had to result to writing something as stupid as this And actually take the time to do it too Although I think it was satire blah its early Anonymous Coward SlashdotWell the only reason I know all about this is because I had the misfortune to read the Linux Sauce code once Although publicised as the computer code needed to get Linux up and running on a computer and havent you always been worried about the phrase Monolithic Kernel this foul document is actually a detailed and graphic description of every conceivable degrading perversion known to the human race as well as a few of the major animal species It has shocked and disturbed me to the point of needing to shock and disturb the common man to warn them of the impending homocalypse which threatens to engulf our planet You must work for the government Trying to post the most obscene stuff in hopes that slashdot wont be able to continue or something due to legal woes If i ever see your ugly face im going to stick my fireplace poker up your ass after its nice and hot to weld shut that nasty gaping hole of yours Anonymous Coward SlashdotDoesnt it give you a hardon to imagine your thick strong poker ramming its way up my most sacred of sphincters Youre beyond help my friend as the only thing you can imagine is the foul penetrative violation of another man Are you sure youre not Eric Raymond The government being populated by limpwristed liberals could never stem the sickening tide of homosexual child molesting Linux advocacy Hell theyve given NAMBLA free reign for years you really should post this logged in i wish i could remember jebuss password cuz id give it to you mighty jebus SlashdotThank you for your kind words of support However this document shall only ever be posted anonymously This is because the Open Sauce movement is a sham proposing homoerotic cults of hero worshipping in the name of freedom I speak for the common man For any man who prefers the warm enveloping velvet folds of a womans vagina to the tight puckered ringpiece of a child These men being common decent folk dont have a say in the political hypocrisy that is Slashdot culture I am the unknown liberator ROLF LAMO i hate linux FAGGOTS Anonymous Coward SlashdotWe shouldnt hate them we should pity them for the misguided fools they are Fanatical Linux zealouts need to be herded into camps for reeducation and subsequent rehabilitation into normal heterosexual society This reeducation shall be achieved by forcing them to watch repeats of Baywatch until the very mention of Pamela Anderson causes them to fill their pants with healthy heterosexual jism Actually thats not at all how scrotal inflation works I understand it involves injecting sterile saline solution into the scrotum Ive never tried this but you can read how to do it safely in case youre interested Before you moderate this down ask yourself honestly who are the real crazies people who do scrotal inflation or people who pay 1000 for a game console doubleh SlashdotWell it just goes to show that even the holy Linux sauce code is riddled with bugs that need fixing The irony of Jon Katz not even being able to inflate his scrotum correctly has not been lost on me The Linux pervert elite already acknowledge this with their queer slogan Given enough arms all rectums are shallow And anyway the PS2 sucks major cock and isnt worth the money Intellivision forever dude did u used to post on msnbcs nt bulletin board now that u are doing antigay posts u also need to start in with antiblack stuff too c u in church Anonymous Coward SlashdotFor one thing whilst Linux is a cavalcade of queer propaganda masquerading as the future of computing NT is used by people who think nothing better of encasing their genitals in quick setting plaster then going to see a really dirty porno film enjoying the restriction enforced onto them Remember a wasted arousal is a sin in the eyes of the Catholic church Clearly the only godfearing Christian operating system in existence is CPM The Christian Program Monitor All computer users should immediately ask their local pastor to install this fine OS onto their systems It is the only route to salvationSecondly this message is for every man Computers know no colour Not only that but one of the finest websites in the world is maintained by a Black Man Now fuck off you racist donkey felcher And dont forget that slashdot was written in Perl which is just too close to Pearl Necklace for comfort oh wait thats something all you heterosexuals do I cant help but wonder how much faster the trolls could do FirstPosts on this site if it were redone in PHP I could handtype dynamic HTML pages faster than Perl can do them phee SlashdotAlthough there is nothing unholy about the fine heterosexual act of ejaculating between a womans breasts squirting ones load up towards her neck and chin area it should be noted that Perl standing for Pansies Entering Rectums Locally is also close to Pearl Monocle Pearl Nosering and the ubiquitous Pearl EnemaOne scary thing about Perl is that it contains hidden homosexual messages Take the following code LWPSimple It looks innocuous enough doesnt it But look at the line closely There are two colons next to each other As Larry Balls to the Wall would openly admit in the Perl Documentation Perl was designed from the ground up to indoctrinate its programmers into performing unnatural sexual acts having two colons so closely together is clearly a reference to the perverse sickening act of colon kissing whereby two homosexual queers spread their buttocks wide pressing their filthy torn sphincters together They then share small round objects like marbles or golfballs by passing them from one rectum to another using muscle contraction alone This is also referred to in programming circles as Parameter PassingAnd PHP stands for Perverted Homosexual Penetration Didnt you know Thank you for your valuable input on this I am sure you will be never forgotten BTW Did I mention that this could be useful in terraforming Mars Mars rulaa Eimernase SlashdotWell I dont know about terraforming Mars but I do know that homosexual Linux Advocates have been probing Uranus for years Thats inspiring Keep up the good work AC May God in his wisdom grant you the strength to bring the plain honest truth to this community and make it pure again Yours Cerberus Anonymous Coward Slashdot sniff That brings a tear to my eye Thank you once more for your kind support I have taken faith in the knowledge that I am doing the Good Lords work but it is encouraging to know that I am helping out the common man hereHowever I should be cautious about revealing your name Cerberus on such a filthy den of depravity as Slashdot It is a well known fact that the Kerberos documentation from Microsoft is a detailed manual describing in intimate exacting detail how to sexually penetrate a variety of unwilling canine animals be they domesticated wild or mythical Slashdot posters have taken great pleasure in illegally spreading this documentation far and wide treating it as an extension to the Linux Sauce Code for the sake of interoperability The slang term they use for nonconsensual intercourse their favourite kindIn fact sick twisted Linux deviants are known to have LAN parties Love of Anal Naughtiness needless to say wherein they entice a stray dog known as the Samba Mount into their homes Up to four of these filthsodden blasphemers against nature take turns to plunge their erect throbbing uncircumcised members conkersdeep into the rectum mouth and other fleshy orifices of the poor animal Eventually the Samba Mount collapses due to overload and needs to be rebooted ie kicked out into the street and left to fend for itself Many Linux users boast about their uptime in such situations Inspiring stuff If only all trolls were this quality Anonymous Coward SlashdotIf only indeed You can help our brave cause by moderating this message up as often as possible I recommend 1 Underrated as that will protect your precious Karma in Metamoderation Only then can we break through the glass ceiling of Homosexual Slashdot Culture Is it any wonder that the new version of Slashcode has been christened BenderIf we can get just one of these postings up to at least 1 then it will be archived forever Others will learn of our struggle and join with us in our battle for freedom Its pathetic youve spent so much time writing this Anonymous Coward SlashdotI am compelled to document the foulness and carnal depravity that is Linux in order that we may prepare ourselves for the great holy war that is to follow It is my solemn duty to peel back the foreskin of ignorance and apply the wire brush of enlightenment As with any great opensource project you need someone asking this question so Ill do it When the hell is version 20 going to be ready Anonymous Coward SlashdotI could make an arrogant childish comment along the lines of Every time someone asks for 20 I wont release it for another 24 hours but the truth of the matter is that Im quite nervous of releasing a number two as I can guarantee some filthy shitslurping Linux pervert would want to suck it straight out of my anus before Ive even had chance to wipe I desperately want to suck your monolithic kernel you sexy hunk you Anonymous Coward SlashdotI sincerely hope youre Natalie Portman Dude nothing on slashdot larger than 3 paragraphs is worth reading Try to distill the message whatever it was and maybe Ill read it As it is I have to much open source software to write to waste even 10 seconds of precious time 10 seconds is all its gonna take M to whoop Linuxs ass Vigilence is the price of Free as in libre from the fine frou frou French language Software Hack on fellow geeks and remember Friday is Bouillabaisse day except for heathens who do not believe that Jesus died for their sins Those godless oil drench bearded sexist clowns can pull grits from their pantaloons another fine fine French word and eat that Anyway try to keep your message focused and concise For concision is the soul of derision Way Anonymous Coward SlashdotWhat the fuck Ive read your gay conspiracy post version 130 and I must say Im impressed In particular I appreciate how you have managed to squeeze in a healthy dose of the latent homosexuality you gaybashing homos tend to be full of Thank you again Anonymous Coward SlashdotWell bugger me ooooh honey how insecure are you wann a little massage from deare bruci love you Anonymous Coward SlashdotFuck right offIMPORTANT This message needs to be heard Not HURD which is an acronym for Huge Unclean Rectal Dilator across the whole community so it has been released into the Public Domain You know that licence that we all had before those homoerotic cryptofascists came out with the GPL Gay Penetration License that is no more than an excuse to see whos got the biggest fecesencrusted cock I would have put this up on Freshmeat but that name is known to be a euphemism for the tight rump of a young boyCome to think of it the whole concept of Source Control unnerves me because it sounds a bit like Sauce Control which is a description of the homosexual practice of holding the base of the cock shaft tightly upon the point of ejaculation thus causing a build up of semenal fluid that is only released upon entry into an incision made into the base of the receivers scrotum And Open Sauce is the act of ejaculating into another mans face or perhaps a biscuit to be shared later Obviously Closed Sauce is the only Christian thing to do as evidenced by the fact that it is what Cathedrals are all about Contributors although not to the eternal game of soggy biscuit that open sauce development has become Anonymous Coward Anonymous Coward phee Anonymous Coward mighty jebus Anonymous Coward Anonymous Coward doubleh Anonymous Coward Eimernase Anonymous Coward Anonymous Coward Anonymous Coward Anonymous Coward Anonymous Coward Anonymous Coward Anonymous Coward Anonymous Coward Further contributions are welcome Current changes This version sent to FreeWIPO by Bring BackATV as plain text Reformatted everything added all links back in that we could match from the previous version many new ones Slashbot bait links Even more spelling fixed Who wrote this thing CmdrTaco himself Previous changes Yet more changes added Spelling fixed Feedback added Explanation of distro system Mount Point syntax described More filth regarding man and Slashdot Yet more fucking spelling fixed Fetchmail uncovered further More Slashbot baiting Apache exposed Distribution licence at foot of document ANUX A full Linux distribution Up your ass Feces Thrower

  6. ♫ First musical post! ♬ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    To the tune of Garbage's 'Cherry Lips'

    Stretched Asshole
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    He's such a filthy old man
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    From in a concealed troll link
    It is making you squirm

    With his stretched asshold and bright red vains
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    Now all the slashdot trolls agree
    It is with out a doubt, the sickest thing you'll ever see

    It seemed like goatse.cx would appear
    Whenever you came near the nerds would start to fear
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    You'd like to spank and fuck and then to have him call you "Dear"

    [Repeat]

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  7. That's shocking by anthony_dipierro · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I guess Jon Katz was right that "modern media is about making money, and that depends entirely on selecting stories that entertain, titillate, blow up or confront." Add bash Microsoft to that list.

  8. Why is it that... by Anal+Cocks · · Score: -1

    Why is it that you filthy Americans put up with this kind of crap? Religious fundies running the country (fighting over a god-damned TWO WORD PHRASE in your bloody LOYALTY OATH for fuck's sake!), only developed country in the world that still doesn't have a proper health care system, and letting the filthy capitalists rape you up your ass at every turn. Why is your whole damned country this stupid?

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    Hey, kid... wanna touch my "kernel patch"?

    -- Alan Cox

  9. Trust No One by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    Your faith in Visa is misplaced.

    This past winter I recieved a quite lengthy letter from Visa (revised terms of service), the jist of which was that they were going to sell my personal information and spending habbits to third parties and there's not a damn thing I can do about it. So I canceled my card as that was the only option I had.

    Credit card companies are just as evil as M$, if not more so.

  10. In other news.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Linus may be from Finland, Women may be from Venus, and Sauron may be plotting to overthrow the last blood of Numenor.

  11. UK Data Protection Act. by Martin+Spamer · · Score: 5, Informative

    The UK Data Protection Act 1998 (http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1998/19980029.htm ) governs how 'data-holders' make capture and process personal data.

    This Act is an EU treaty obligation ( http://www.privacy.org/pi/intl_orgs/ec/final_EU_Da ta_Protection.html ) and replaces a similar act from 1984

    The UK Government can be rightly criticised on many aspects of IT legislation, however the Data Protection is not one.

    The Act codifies 'Eight Principals'.

    1. fairly and lawfully processed;
    2. processed for limited purposes;
    3. adequate, relevant and not excessive;
    4. accurate;
    5. kept no longer than necessary;
    6. processed in accordance with the data subject's rights;
    7. secure;
    8. not transferred to countries without adequate protection.

    It seem likely to me that the MS-Passport violates several of these, though most notable numbers 7 and 8.

    The Data Protection Registra/Commissioner.

    http://www.dataprotection.gov.uk

  12. Ignorance excused. by Martin+Spamer · · Score: 2


    Ignorance excused.

    The two most obvious problems with the Microsoft Passport is that 1) It shares your personal data with vendors in countries that do not protect that data. That is a breach of the Eight Data Protection Principal. 2) The Data must be secure, if not this is a violation of the Seventh Principal.

  13. Passport Insecurity? by Coward+Anonymous · · Score: 1

    Aren't hotmail accounts now part of the passport world?
    If so, has anyone noticed the little fact that passport passwords are case insensitive?
    Great security...

  14. Passport and chat groups by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I just tried to log onto the ninemsn.com.au epilepsy chat room for the first time, and found that it had already filled in my username from my Hotmail account, and inserted my email address into the form. I guess some cookies had not been deleted since I checked my Hotmail. So now Microsoft knows that I have epilepsy, and they know my email address. I think the Europeans are trying to stop just this type of data collection. Good luck to them, I only hope Australia picks up its act and does something about it too.