We previously mentioned our thoughts on Passpack and OpenID. The feedback was almost unanimous. You as users all seemed to be opposed to the idea of having a Passpack whitelitst for OpenID providers.
Just for clarity’s sake, the idea only came into our heads because we were trying to keep consistent with level of security we [...]
We have linked to a few of the common threats OpenID poses and will talk more about them in the future. Now, I’d like to address one in particular, which has inspired this post and brought up a very important issue regarding Passpack’s support of OpenID.
Let’s have a look at the problem…
Here’s What Should Happen:
You [...]
Passpack’s recent announcement of soon becoming an OpenID supporter sparked quite a few questions. One of those questions in particular requires a post to be answered – “How will Passpack support OpenID and at the same time prevent phishing?”
Passpack has always dedicated itself to ensuring full user security and privacy and it always [...]
Passpack is built to make sure that not even we can read your passwords. But – how can that be? How does it work?
Folks are often frightened away by reading uninvited technical explanations. They underestimate themselves, hear cryptography and host-proof hosting and think – “oh no, that’s too hard! run – run!”
We have therefore introduced [...]
This is under-the-hood explanation of how the Autologin button works. The tool is only for Passpack users.
Updated on Aug. 1, 2007
Passpack defined an anti-phishing mechanism which allows you (yes you) make sure you are connected to Passpack, and not to a malicious copycat website.
The first question new Passpack users ask during sign up, without fail, is:
I just chose a User ID and Pass,
why do I need a Packing Key too?
Passpack Desktop 2.0 beta3 ready – http://bit.ly/8lkA4M
Just fixed a bug, the People and Messages tabs were freezing. Should work OK now. Thanks to users for the heads up!
Updating servers for the next 20 minutes. Service may be spotty or read only. If you can’t save changes, wait and try again later.
UPDATE: Complete. Thanks for your patience!
Passpack It! button tip: if you can’t train a site, double-click your button and use the Feedback tab. It’ll be queued for fixing.
Ok folks, as promised, it’s almost here. And, as always, we’re letting some lucky people get a sneak peek in exchange for running it through the wringer for us. Get on the tester’s list. Tester list is full, sorry.
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