Wednesday, July 9, 2008

 

Online ID card pushed by technology firms.

Some of the biggest names in Information Technology like Google, Microsoft and PayPal , are among the members founders of a new organization called The Information Card Foundation whose goal is to create a single industry wide method of managing users online identity.
The idea behind the concept , is to allow peoples to log on to different Websites using a secure digital identity overseen by a third party , instead of different user IDs and passwords.
ID thieves all around the world were very excited and welcomed the news with arms wide open ; with the American economy slowdown affecting their business, any new tool for them to add to their portfolio , is good news.

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