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Re: [dvd-discuss] Fwd: Bush taps Clarke as CyberdefenseChief
- To: dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
- Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] Fwd: Bush taps Clarke as CyberdefenseChief
- From: "D. C. Sessions" <dcs(at)lumbercartel.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 19:53:59 -0700
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
- Organization: ***** SPLORFFF!!! *****
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- Reply-To: dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
- Sender: owner-dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
On Thursday 11 October 2001 10:02, you wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: D. C. Sessions [mailto:[email protected]]
> ...
> >
> > Microsoft Passport stores login and password information in plain
> > text on the user's hard drive.
> >
> ...
>
> Plain text? Somehow I had missed hearing that
> about Passport (I had heard other problems).
>
> I can't believe that MSoft messed up to >that<
> extent!
After a bit of further research, it seems that it's stored encrypted
but passed through the APIs in clear.
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+----------- D. C. Sessions <[email protected]> ----------+