{"id":770,"date":"2007-05-06T10:10:40","date_gmt":"2007-05-06T18:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=770"},"modified":"2007-05-06T10:13:48","modified_gmt":"2007-05-06T18:13:48","slug":"information-card-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.identityblog.com\/?p=770","title":{"rendered":"Information Card Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was still reeling from the latest chicken pictures <\/a>posted by James McGovern <\/a>when I stumbled onto news of a contest put together by my colleague Richard Turner<\/a>. <\/p>\n

James was complaining that the contest would slow down adoption in his case since it would break corporate policy to accept a prize.  I added a comment to his blog saying I would try to figure out a way that someone who could not accept the prize could make a charitable donation instead. <\/p>\n

But I didn't know what the prizes were until I read the original posting<\/a> by Richard:<\/p>\n

Identifying yourself online is becoming increasingly difficult and dangerous. Most people who use the web have to maintain several usernames and passwords and have to remember which usernames and passwords to use at the various sites they use.<\/p>\n

While usernames and passwords are a growing frustration to most users, this problem is dwarfed by the growing threat of phishing and other forms of malware and identity-related attack.<\/p>\n

Follow the wrong link and try to sign-in to a malicious site masquerading as, for example, your bank, and you run the very real risk of suffering considerable loss. These potential losses may be financial but may also impact your reputation (e.g. credit score) that may take years to repair.<\/p>\n

Microsoft, along with many partners in the IT Industry, is building a suite of technologies to help combat the phishing issue, whilst making it easier for users to authenticate safely online. Technologies such as Windows CardSpace enable users to identify themselves by presenting cryptographically strong identity tokens (represented visually as information cards) to supporting websites.<\/p>\n

To help fuel the growth of sites supporting Information Cards, Microsoft is announcing a competition that is open to every website owner, regardless of your web platform of choice. We hope you'll join us in helping to protect your user's identities from abuse and make it easier for your users to sign-in to your sites! <\/strong><\/p>\n

How to enter<\/strong><\/p>\n