Re: Free, powerful graphics tool

[Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>]

Quoting Ed Wurster <eawurster -at- hotmail -dot- com>:
 
> What is the potential power that MS has over me trhough Passport? This is
> important info to put out in case it will help dissuade some young tw who
> falls for the free software trick.

No doubt anything I say would be dismissed as anti-Microsoft bigotry by someone 
on the list (not necessarily you, I hurry to add). So all I will say is this: 
If anyone thinks that Passport is harmless, do a Google search. You'll soon 
learn all that you need to know about the security issues.

Failing that, ask yourself what the point of passwords are in the first place, 
and whether it makes sense to have someone else - anyone else - manage them. 
The Liberty Alliance is marginally preferable to Passport, because it's de-
centralized, but I'm not very crazy about that, either.

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Bruce Byfield bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com 604-421.7177

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