that is by far the worst security problem i've heard of. microsoft is lying as usual when they dismiss it, it's trivial for someone to intercept some traffic, record the info, and have the home user and the commercial server both know nothing about it, the order could even go through just like the customer expected. if you don't think intercepting web traffic is easy, consider that amazon.com has a suit pending against barnes and noble who apparently intercepted many emails from amazon customers and tried to steal the customers away. what a beautiful thing microsoft has done, take any ones certificate and assume it's valid rather than checking! it's like a dead bolt that opens for any key, it provides a false sense of security but any one can come in and rape you in the night.
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