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DC:
If, in XP, you do, well, anything, it starts whining about the passport stuff. My question, if you sign up to passport *through XP*, what EULA's/privacy statements/whatnots do you get to see (including links to said statements). In other words, what do you agree to? I'm talking about the original texts, not an interpretation. I can't see that myself (lack of XP).

saddlemagic:
I'm sure that if you go to Passport and click on the sign-up button, they will give you a link to the EULA for Passport. Just go there and read it.

Through XP or through whatever won't make any difference. The Passport EULA is for Passport. The XP EULA is for XP. The two are mutually exclusive. What you find in one EULA may or may not be in the other's EULA.

DC:

quote:Originally posted by Saddle Magic:
Through XP or through whatever won't make any difference. The Passport EULA is for Passport.  EULA.
--- End quote ---

No it's not. If they don't display those texts (or links to them), and provide some other texts, then the 'normal' ones do not apply (I never agreed to them, so they have the legal value of a puff of air).

That's my question. Does it show them?

Besides, MS whines that I use an incompatible browser when I go there (Mozilla 1.0) and konquerer (when set to identify as MSIE - otherwise it displayes the same error - friggin fascists) crashes on me when I get to the signup page.

[ August 08, 2002: Message edited by: DC ]

saddlemagic:
The EULA is used when you purchase/install software programs. At a guess, when you use a web site the privacy statement and terms of use would be used in place of the EULA.

I did go to the passport site and when I clicked on join, well, I clicked on "get your free .net passport today", it promptly told me my browser was not supported. I use Opera exclusively, if Opera doesn't work then I don't need to use that web site.

There may be an EULA buried in there but, I suspect the PS and TOS are it.

HibbeeBoy:
Stay clear of M$ passport. It's serves no purpose and it's simply a tool for M$ to monitor your web activity.

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