Submission + - New identity card standard group formed
LucidBeast writes: NYT article:
I wonder if this Microsoft representative has ever checked how his mobile phone authenticates him to the cellular network:SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft, Google and PayPal, a unit of eBay, are among the founders of an industry organization that hopes to solve the problem of password overload among computer users. The Information Card Foundation is an effort to create a single industry wide approach to managing identity online that promises to reduce drastically the use of passwords and create a system that is less vulnerable to fraud.
Foundations wiki like web page. Perhaps these wendors don't want to wait for operators to grab this market with cellular authentication standards or the financial sectors solutions.The technology will first be used on desktop systems but will eventually find its way to mobile phones and other hand-held devices
