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Passport vs. Plan 9

Posted by michael on from the deus-ex-xml dept.

netphilter writes "LinuxWorld is carrying an article about how Apache and Plan 9 are going to defeat Microsoft's Passport. I hate Passport's integration with XP (although that might be because I hate XP). An Open Source single-sign on would be a real blessing. Will we ever get a good single sign-on solution?"

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  1. Why? by sdjunky · · Score: 2, Redundant

    Why do we need a single signon? This is so unsecure as to not be funny.

    E.g. a wife figures out the password to a husbands email account. Now she can

    Read his bank account information
    Read all of his other emails
    Peruse his wishlist on enterbookstore.com here
    etc.

    Sure... most people use the same password for everything so it's a moot point but it still bothers me