The annoying thing is, the partner they use accept credit card as a method of verification. I suppose they cannot justify access your saved card details for this purpose. But technically the info is there, yes.
You know that warm feeling you get when you realize that you aren't part of a gated closed ecosystem and have control over your own hard- and software?
Yoti, a trusted third-party identity verification provider
Sure they could do it without relying on a third party, but Microsoft knows its users are going to have an easier time trusting "Yoti" rather than trusting Microsoft.
12 Comments
scrchngwsl@feddit.uk · 21 pts · 318d
don't threaten me with a good time
Pondis@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 318d
Who uses the crappy social features anyway? Turn them off and leave me alone.
saltesc@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 318d
Why? Everyone is 12. We've known this as long as Xbox Live has existed.
MoonManKipper@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 318d
And they’ve got my credit card details, and an email address and purchase history more than 18 years old. So use that..
r00ty@kbin.life · 1 pts · 318d
The annoying thing is, the partner they use accept credit card as a method of verification. I suppose they cannot justify access your saved card details for this purpose. But technically the info is there, yes.
Flamekebab@piefed.social · 11 pts · 318d
I'm using a Hotmail account from the '90s, fuck off.
tetris11@feddit.uk · 10 pts · 318d
Please Drink a Verification Can
xxce2AAb@feddit.dk · 9 pts · 318d
You know that warm feeling you get when you realize that you aren't part of a gated closed ecosystem and have control over your own hard- and software?
wewbull@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 318d
Won't somebody think of the children? (/s)
The death of online gaming?
kbal@fedia.io · 5 pts · 318d
Sure they could do it without relying on a third party, but Microsoft knows its users are going to have an easier time trusting "Yoti" rather than trusting Microsoft.
FarceOfWill@infosec.pub · 4 pts · 318d
And ms will find it a lot easier to blame the screwups on yoti than on themselves
rah@hilariouschaos.com · 3 pts · 318d
Who fucking cares?