Microsoft promises to share crypto-Based ID Protection
MICROSOFT has bought an new online-privacy tool that it says it will give to everyone, one day.
The Vole has snapped the patents to the U-Prove technology developed by cryptographer Stefan Brands and his colleagues at the Montreal startup, Credentica.
According to Wired, if the U-Prove algorithms are used properly, users could get total control over the information they release online.
They could make sure the data released could be deleted after a certain time and that it will be harder to track, hack or otherwise do naughtiness too.
One of the fears is that the Vole might lock the technology into a proprietary system, however Kim Cameron, Microsoft's chief identity architect has denied this.
Cameron said that Microsoft wants interoperability between Microsoft and non-Microsoft privacy platforms, and has no intention of hoarding U-Prove.
He said that it will integrate Brands' algorithms into Microsoft's existing identity-access-and-management platform by mid-2009 and then open the lot. µ
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How can you doubt it? Balmer just SHOUTS reliability.
"One of the fears is that the Vole might lock the technology into a proprietary system, however Kim Cameron, Microsoft's chief identity architect has denied this." 

Yeah right. Because at MS the architects and engineers are the ones taking the decisions and emails from Bill G. and Steve B. stating otherwise are just pranks... Smells like .net passport all over again.