Windows CardSpace

<p>Windows CardSpace (<a href="/facts/Microsoft_codenames/r5DHMHhk">codenamed</a> InfoCard) is a discontinued <a href="/facts/Information_Card/PbMt5aH7">identity selector</a> app by <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a>. It stores references to <a href="/facts/Digital_identity/HWIe84hG">digital identities</a> of the users, presenting them as visual <a href="/facts/Information_card/PbMt5aH7">information cards</a>. CardSpace provides a consistent <a href="/facts/User_interface/e9sPEWVD">UI</a> designed to help people to easily and securely use these identities in applications and web sites where they are accepted.  Resistance to <a href="/facts/Phishing/hvgfz4U8">phishing</a> attacks and adherence to <a href="/facts/Kim_Cameron_(computer_scientist)/3d13q5sl">Kim Cameron</a>'s "7 Laws of Identity" were goals in its design.
</p><p>CardSpace is a built-in component of <a href="/facts/Windows_7/tldLdbnX">Windows 7</a> and <a href="/facts/Windows_Vista/IASEUCTB">Windows Vista</a>, and has been made available for <a href="/facts/Windows_XP/IozrkAYS">Windows XP</a> and <a href="/facts/Windows_Server_2003/3vIJam5L">Windows Server 2003</a> as part of the <a href="/facts/.NET_Framework/J6QDAUhP">.NET Framework</a> 3.x package.
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Windows CardSpace