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Friday, May 9, 2003

MS in Hot Water? -- 10:07 am CST, Update by A.T. Hun

News.com wonders aloud if Microsoft could get in trouble with the FTC over the latest exploit in Passport which allowed someone to reset a user's password simply by knowing their email address. The ability to reset passwords has since been removed. I ask one more time: are you going to trust all your data and personal information to this company?

I seriously doubt that the FTC would do anything about this. However, the damage has been done. It's just another example in a long list of black eyes that Microsoft has sustained because of the security (or, more accurately, the lack thereof) in Passport.

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