>Rick Smith at Secure Computing writes:
> > While I would feel compassion for consumers > > who are hurt or inconvenienced by some huge scam that exploited a poor > > Microsoft security implementation, such a scenario would be > entertaining to > > watch. At 11:49 AM 11/2/2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >What makes you believe that you will not be that consumer? I might be. And maybe I'll have a terrific story to tell when it's all over. But I'm not daunted by the inconvenience of providing my contact information when I order something on-line, so I'm less likely to be drawn to one of their 'wallet' initiatives. Besides, this isn't the first time Microsoft has proposed a leaky wallet for use by the surfing public. So I'm more likely to suffer a more conventional (and less interesting) type of card fraud. It's happened before. As I've said before, I think the security community plays an essential role when picking apart commercial security technologies, especially when they turn out to be as flawed as Microsoft's latest balloon. Rick. [EMAIL PROTECTED] roseville, minnesota "Authentication" in bookstores http://www.visi.com/crypto/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
