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Microsoft eyes Visa users with Passport | |
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| Time: 01:17 EST/06:17 GMT | News Source: CNET | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
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Microsoft hopes to extend its Passport online identification system into authorizing credit card payments. The software giant will strike a partnership Tuesday with security-software maker Arcot Systems, which builds online payment systems for merchants and for banks that issue Visa and MasterCard credit cards. Arcot makes the systems behind Visa's own Verified by Visa program as well as a similar program in development at MasterCard. Under the deal, Microsoft and Arcot plan to offer, later this fall, a service that will let banks require computer users to type in their Passport username and password to authenticate Visa or MasterCard credit cards. | ||
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| #1 By 2138 (62.201.77.69) at 7/9/2002 4:15:03 AM |
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This is very stupid!!! With hotmail getting so much spam, there is a real danger for people getting your credit card numbers and charging up your limit. I would never agree to this type of feature at all. I would stop using hotmail and passport services.
belto... |
| #2 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 7/9/2002 10:26:30 AM |
| #1 - How exactly are you equating spam with this? Just curious. |
| #3 By 20 (143.166.99.177) at 7/9/2002 11:08:17 AM |
| #2: In order to receive some free products (patch CD's, demo/beta CD's etc) you have to enter an shipping address. If you don't want to receive it at work, you end up having to input your real information (well, at least you're address). |
| #4 By 6859 (204.71.100.215) at 7/9/2002 11:38:08 AM |
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ActiveWin is less freaky then some of the pr0n I bet some of you have lying around...
Ok, I'm guilty of that too, but I'm no freak...at least not in this state anyway ;) |
| #5 By 61 (65.32.168.97) at 7/9/2002 11:50:59 AM |
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HAL, would you please come back to reality?
Is it that you don't understand authentication at all? Or is it just that your dumb troll who will do anything to not have to use MS created software? Having to type in your passport info to use your credit card online adds much more security, because if you have someones card, you no longer can just look at the numbers and buy stuff online all over the place, you have to figure out their passport info also. |
| #6 By 37 (216.43.88.209) at 7/9/2002 1:03:49 PM |
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I think this is great. If Visa wasn't comfortable with this idea, they wouldn't look into it.
Hats off to Microsoft. VISA is a big potential customer. |
| #7 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 7/9/2002 2:18:23 PM |
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HAL-9000
1. Single sign-on means you have only one userid/password instead of dozens of different ones. The fact that you are prompted multiple times increases security in that you can't step away from your computer and have someone do something like order pizza. 2. What burnt out star? What slide? 3. In other words, you don't have any proof to back up your claims and you don't want to look like a fool. "Ignorance is, indeed, bliss. Apply that as I’m sure you will. Just remember also – lemmings and sheep are quite ignorant." Well you must be a very happy lemming. You know, look, if you don't want personal attacks then don't go around making accusations that you aren't knowledgeable enough on to back up. Why is it that the anti-MS types always resort to personal attacks when they're called out on their claims? Look, it's simple... Either provide evidence, proof, some critical logical thought patterns... something. Don't just claim something without proof and than call me ignorant for not believing you. |
| #8 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 7/9/2002 2:21:59 PM |
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BTW, it seems to me that the major risk of not securing credit cards is held by the banking institutions, as you personally are not responsible for any more than $50 in the event of unauthorized use of your credit card.
The pain is far greater if you have someone accessing your checking account, which is why I don't have a Visa check card instead of an ATM card. The people attacking Passport have obviously not thought out their arguments very well. For instance FinancialWiz obviously does no shopping on internet websites, so why would he really care? |
| #9 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 7/9/2002 5:54:34 PM |
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JamesWjRose - Exactly. One of my coworkers had his checking account hit by someone who got his number somehow. He suddenly had a $0 balance, and it was quite a hassle with the bank to get the money back. In the meantime a couple checks bounced, etc.
At least with the credit card, the charges are put on hold until the matter is resolved. mOOzilla - Even on the visa check cards? Or do they not have those in Europe? |
| #10 By 61 (65.32.168.97) at 7/9/2002 6:06:43 PM |
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m00: Just because it will require passport authentication doesn't mean your CC# will be in a Passport database. It will NOT.
Passport is used to authenticate you, nothing more, nothing less. The information would be stored with Alcot. |
| #11 By 2332 (165.247.2.197) at 7/10/2002 12:11:37 PM |
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#21 - Amen! (Pun intended.)
Glad to see another skeptic on the boards at ActiveWin! :-) |
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