Being able to prove membership to
some club or group, at another site, that may be offering
discounts based on membership, is dif?¬?cult to do.
However, with Information Cards this becomes easy, and
it has very practical applications.
Employee card. Cards issued by an employer can be
used to access externally managed resources, such as
bene?¬?ts sites, or can be used to set up trust relationships
between companies. This makes it easy to share
resources across companies.
Identity cards. Last but not least, cards can be used to
identify who we are in consistent ways as a real identity
or a persona. Uses for this type of card include veri?¬?cation
of age, gender, and marital status. All of these are
generally easy to fake when somebody is online at present,
but there is an ever-increasing need for these types
of assurances.
In reality, the possibilities are endless; these are just a few hints
at what Managed Cards can be used for. If you want other ideas,
just take a look in your wallet.
A Deeper Look at Information Cards
Managed Cards are
very ?¬‚exible and
have many use
cases
204 Windows CardSpace
Features of the CardSpace UI
Before going into the details of how to accomplish common
management tasks with Windows CardSpace, there are a couple
of security-related UI features that are very noticeable when
using CardSpace.
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