Why the blog is of interest:Identity theft is fast progressing as a huge threat to financial institutions everywhere, especially in the area of online banking. In his “Identity Weblog,” Kim Cameron, Microsoft’s architect for identity, addresses innumerable ramifications of this growing problem, ranging from illegal sale of stolen credit card information on the Web, to whether or not schoolchildren should be fingerprinted, to technical solutions such as encryption. In an April 2nd entry, Kim answers questions from his readers about CardSpace, an encryption technology that can be enabled for .NET 2.0 through the use of Visual Studio 2005 Toolbox for Windows CardSpace. Click below to read Kim’s advice on subjects such as how CardSpace prevents phishing - even when used in conjunction with passwords - and to find out how to ask him ID-related questions of your own.
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