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As previously reported, the move is the latest blow to Passport, which had originally been marketed as a single online storage place for Internet users' sensitive data. The authentication system has been scaled back to support only services from Microsoft and its close partners.
"As of January 24, 2005, eBay will no longer support Microsoft Passport as a means to sign in," the online auctioneer stated in an e-mail message dated Wednesday and seen by CNET News.com.
A representative of eBay confirmed that the company had sent messages to its members and that it would stop supporting Passport authentication beginning Jan. 24.
Microsoft previously stated that the move was expected, as the software giant has slowly been paring back the Passport service. The service has had to fight security problems, plus regulatory problems and the desire of competitors to create their own system, known as the Liberty Alliance.
Microsoft made changes to its service that prompted eBay to drop support, the online auctioneer previously stated.
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- to the author: what's the change?
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by Dibbs
January 20, 2005 8:18 AM PST
- what did microsoft change that prompted ebay to stop supporting Passport?
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- Probably Nothing...
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by David Arbogast
January 21, 2005 10:14 AM PST
- Microsoft probably changed nothing...
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(6 Comments)EBay claims streamlining and simplification... their financial report shows lower than expected earnings. I imagine that not supporting Passport in addition to their own authentication would reduce some expenditure.... and remove a redundant authentication scheme. Besides... Passport isn't really catching on in a big way.