In message <!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAAUTW79peA1xG9u [log in to unmask] >, at 09:47:06 on Fri, 12 Nov 2004, Tim Trent <tim.trent@MARKETINGIMPROV EMENT.COM> writes >Outlook 2003 seems have acquired a new feature. And on the face of it a >positive feature. Emails with some sort of credentials. I looked at >signing up for it today but backed off as soon as it explained I had to sign >in with my passport(!) and that some sort of data storage about me and my >emails would be performed. > >This confused me, since I became unsure what would be stored, and indeed >where it would be stored. > >Does anyone have the knowledge to tell me if I am being more than usually >paranoid? Outlook, or Hotmail? I use Outlook from time to time but not in association with any email services that require collateral from MS (in the form of an MS Passport, or otherwise). <http://www.passport.net/Consumer/default.asp?lc=1033&id=2&cbid=24325&ro llrs=11&lc=1033> -- Roland Perry ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ All archives of messages are stored permanently and are available to the world wide web community at large at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html If you wish to leave this list please send the command leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] All user commands can be found at : - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/commandref.htm (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^