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Excuse me sir
I originally posted this a couple of days ago:
“Excuse me sir, where do you think you’re going?”“Sorry, I’m trying to get to http://www.microsoft.co.uk”
“Have you got your password for Microsoft Passport?”
“No. Do I need one?”
“Yes.”
“What? To visit Microsoft’s UK website?”
“Yes, Sir.”
“What about http://www.microsoft.com/uk ?”
“The same, Sir.”
“And http://www.microsoft.com ?”
“No. Anyone can view that site.”
I was slightly wrong, the situation is more bizarre:
If your browser has a cookie indicating that you have a Passport account, then you must log-in before viewing the site. If not, you can view the site. So Microsoft punishes people that have a Passport account (!)
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