As previously reported, the move is the latest blow to Passport, which had originally been marketed as a single online storage place for Internet users' sensitive data. The authentication system has been scaled back to support only services from Microsoft and its close partners.
"As of January 24, 2005, eBay will no longer support Microsoft Passport as a means to sign in," the online auctioneer stated in an e-mail message dated Wednesday and seen by CNET News.com.
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