Forget ever having to remember a password again. Sxipper is a Firefox plugin that let’s you control and securely manage your online identity information. While at the recent Internet Identity Workshop held in Mountain View, Calif., I sat down with Weston Triemstra, developer and product manager for sxip, the company behind Sxipper. Weston tells me why having conrol of your online identity is important and shows me how Sxipper gives you that control for every site you visit online.
Tags: Sxipper, Firefox, Internet Identity Workshop, Weston Triemstra, sxip
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