Verisign just re-launched their Beta Personal Identity Portal [via TechCrunch], but I don’t think I’ll ever sign up for that.
Why? Here’s my 6 reasons:
- It will store your login details in their web server, which I sure hope it will never get hacked.
- From what I know, it can only store one login detail for one website (please correct me if I’m wrong). So this won’t work for me. Because if you’re like me, you will have several gmail accounts :). At least 1 for me and 1 for my wife.
- The most important thing is, if you have spyware / keylogger on your computer, and you have OpenID account, that means your attacker can just use one ID to access various websites. Imagine that!
- There’s no form filling facility.
- No password generator.
- No multiple identities capability.
Now, all of the above is currently supported by Roboform, and for those who need to use their login details on another computer, can simply get a Roboform Portable version.
Another thing that I like about Roboform, is that I could customize my Roboform search box as well.
But on the other hand, the only thing that will force me to use Verisign PIP or something similar is when I need to use my smart mobile phone for browsing more often. Because there’s no version of Roboform that could be used on mobile device at the moment.
So that’s it. My 6 minus 1 reasons why I won’t use Verisign PIP
What about you?
Sun, Aug 24, 2008
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