With about 30 different accounts (including/.), currently adding two or three every month, the amount of accounts is hard to keep track of. Sometimes my prefered username already exists at a site. I use the same passwords over and over again, but sometimes a minimum length is required, or it has to contain at least one number or so. I have to write some of 'em down in order to remember. I can see the advantage of a 'personal agent'.
Try working of two or three computers and answer some of the alternatives mentioned in the discussion:
store file on hard drive: no option;
store information in cookies: no option;
store information at Microsoft: not prefered!;
It would be convenient - though lazy - to have such a personal agent. Security and privacy are the real issues here, not laziness and preference. How do you keep companies from reselling your information? How do you keep them from sending you unsollicited mail? Especially interesting question: would such a personal agent be safe enough to store my credit card data??
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Try working of two or three computers and answer some of the alternatives mentioned in the discussion:
- store file on hard drive: no option;
- store information in cookies: no option;
- store information at Microsoft: not prefered!;
It would be convenient - though lazy - to have such a personal agent. Security and privacy are the real issues here, not laziness and preference. How do you keep companies from reselling your information? How do you keep them from sending you unsollicited mail? Especially interesting question: would such a personal agent be safe enough to store my credit card data??