Microsoft said to have new security plans
InternetNews | at | by Mike
Microsoft's next operating system, code-named Longhorn, will feature a new personal data repository, according to a news report Monday. The service, called Info-cards, would reside on the user's PC and aggregate personal information like names, credit card numbers and mailing addresses, and will allow people to use them when they shop or conduct business online, Microsoft executives said in a Wall Street Journal report.
Users will be able to create unique cards for certain types of transactions, such as one for shopping online and another for filling out an online application. They all use an encrypted format to foil information theft and technology like digital certificates to curb phishing attacks.