First, he mentions that the ToySmart fiasco was, nipped in the bud. Not quite true. It was modified into a smaller problem but the original promise not to distribute your data can still be violated. Second, I believe that Microsoft wants to use the Passport service beyond its own internal web sites and market this to others. All rights reserved.
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This was all done with Frontier 7.0.1 and BBEdit on a Macintosh .