Re: Opt out of Passport?
From: Arnt Karlsen (arnt@c2i.net)
Date: 06/18/02
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From: Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 05:29:25 GMT
.on Sun, 16 Jun 2002 06:51:31 +0200, "x y" <jamescagney90210@excite.com>
wrote in message <edSNOGPFCHA.1920@cpimsnntpa03>:
> "Kathleen Rudden" <Kathleen.Rudden@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:cefe01c21338$1a0819b0$a4e62ecf@tkmsftngxa06...
>> I got duped into signing up for a MS passport account while looking for
>> online help for IE 6.0. As soon as I created the account and tried to
>> get the help, I was advised my system is under OEM warranty and I don't
>> deserve on-line help. Why doesn't MS check this before conning me into
>> opening an unwanted Passport account.
>>
>> Now I want to delete the account. I don't want MS giving any
>> information about me to anyone.
>>
>> How do I get my information out of MS's data base.
>
> Stay right there, someone from Microsoft will be there in a minute.
>
> ... just kidding. But seriously, while I'm not sure of the answer to
> your question, I'd be more concerned about concealing your real name and
> maybe your email address from your postings to Usenet newsgroups. It
> invites spam email and maybe worse. I do believe microsoft promises not
> to sell your passport information.
..you can test it yourself: just get a new hotmail address,
do not use it at all, just see if _any_ spam arrives for it.
-- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case.
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