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Passwords with different roles. Not so hard. Why don't we have this?
From: "Dave Aitel" <dave.aitel () gmail com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:20:34 -0500
http://techland.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/01/18/the-hard-side-of-mister-softie/ Contact lists are important to users. Butwhy can't I have a password that just lets an online service access my contact lists, without giving them full control of my account? How come Mint and every other financial service get full control of your CC accounts when you want to use them? I saw Microsoft's ID Guru give a keynote at CSI this year, and while there was a lot of talk of cards and wallets, I didn't see an option pop up in hotmail for "password allow someone access to your contact list". Does openID solve this problem? Google IM just integrated with AIM, which is moving to Jabber anyways. Eventually we'll all have a user-ID from the AIM-GOOGLE alliance unless Microsoft or some other big player steps up and gives users flexibility to assign different passwords different roles on their own account. Also, why can't I attach an email to my CC number? Would make online purchases a lot more secure. -dave
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