Comments on: Ending Microsoft's identity crisis

Identity expert Kim Cameron explains more about the InfoCards touted as the death knell for usernames and password.

[Earl Benser]

What did he say??????

A whole lot of words, but nothing that would suggest that the
InfoCard has any better security than a password. It seems that
if someone got ahold of my InfoCard or one of my InfoCards, or
Whatever, no one on the other end would it wasn't me.

I think that MS is going to have to do a monumentally better
selling job that this poor interview does.

ABout the only thing I read that held water was MS admitting
that Passport was a damn fool idea. Good intentions and no
follow though.

[NWLB]

I think, maybe, he could have been saying...

Well it sounds like Passport II. Microsoft has been getting into the habit of renaming failed ideas and trying them again.

It seems like a bad joke. Some kind of attempt to get back control they feel they have lost. To use this thing they are talking about, I would have to trust Microsoft, believe they have created a generally bug-free and secure service or program. Then I'd have to believe they won't turn around and use my adopting it, to force me to use it their way, or spend money to keep it. Since I can't do or believe any of that, I'll take a big pass on the idea.

The more they trot out these talking heads to babble about things which even they don't understand, the less credible the entire company appears.

[scdecade]

Slow down JA

Wait just a minute here. Slooooow down. First, and before anything else, Microsoft needs to make a stable, secure operating system. Stable? C+ (too many reboots for trivial tasks) Secure? F- (horrible, just horridly horrible). Now would I buy or use a new security product from this company? No freakin' way. They need to get Windows secure first.

[Deborah Mitchell]

Thanks, but no thanks...

I don't think the public wants this sort of technology. Not from
Microsoft, not from Google, not from anyone.

[Zeus, Son of Cronus]

Talking?!?

Fear me mortals

[abualsamid]

what does that mean??

i have no idea what Infocard is, and after reading the article i did not gain a grain of knowledge as to what it is...
if this is how they are going to end their identity crisis then i better start shorting the stock...

interviewer needs a lesson in journalism.

[mozart11]

Info-cards. What info. No infor from Microsoft speak.

Has anybody understood one thing Microsoft has said for the
last year or more? Gates, Balmer and this guy. They all speak
some language that says absolutely nothing. They talk like
they're in tune with innovation and produce NOTHING. I truly
belive this company is so rudderless. Getting beat left and right.
Google, Amazon and Apple.

Info-cards? Another item they "explain" by saying nothing. Who
would tgrust their info based on this article?

[OneWithTech]

Wheres the security in InforCards

I just finished the interview and was wondering if Microsoft
could actually answer the real question being asked here. How is
the InforCard security differ from that of say -- server
certificates that allow authentication?

As my InfoCard deck builds and E-Com sites come and go how
can I ensure that InfoCard will remain a secure alternative?

Will InfoCard be subject to phishing and web site spoofing?

I ask these questions as a web developer / designer, computer
repair man, marketeer and media guru; with an interest on how
you, Microsoft, plan on accomplishing a feat like this when the
very operating system and browser that will be powering this
feature is severely FLAWED!

It is a proven fact that you can't build a stable software package
against an unstable software base. So how does Microsoft plan
on alleviating this problem?

As a person that writes copy and has some marketing
background I could answer all of those questions posted in this
article without ever seeing InfoCard! Why don't you release some
viable, valid, information on the workings of InfoCard?

Where is the Information that we as users and media can use to
ensure that InforCard will do as stated in the article. Because
frankly we as a Tech society have heard and seen so much
******** from Microsoft over the years -- how is this any
different?

These are only some of the questions. The rest of them we'll
have to answer at www.TechViewsToday.US in time!
~Justin

[OneWithTech]

Wheres the security in InfoCards

I just finished the interview and was wondering if Microsoft
could actually answer the real question being asked here. How is
the InforCard security differ from that of say -- server
certificates that allow authentication?

As my InfoCard deck builds and E-Com sites come and go how
can I ensure that InfoCard will remain a secure alternative?

Will InfoCard be subject to phishing and web site spoofing?

I ask these questions as a web developer / designer, computer
repair man, marketeer and media guru; with an interest on how
you, Microsoft, plan on accomplishing a feat like this when the
very operating system and browser that will be powering this
feature is severely FLAWED!

It is a proven fact that you can't build a stable software package
against an unstable software base. So how does Microsoft plan
on alleviating this problem?

As a person that writes copy and has some marketing
background I could answer all of those questions posted in this
article without ever seeing InfoCard! Why don't you release some
viable, valid, information on the workings of InfoCard?

Where is the Information that we as users and media can use to
ensure that InforCard will do as stated in the article. Because
frankly we as a Tech society have heard and seen so much
******** from Microsoft over the years -- how is this any
different?

These are only some of the questions. The rest of them we'll
have to answer at www.TechViewsToday.US in time!
~Justin