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I stopped counting the number of times I called up banks in the UK to give them grief over their "security". My favourite pet peeve is the Mastercard SecureID a
by pierrefar 16y ago
I stopped counting the number of times I called up banks in the UK to give them grief over their "security". My favourite pet peeve is the Mastercard SecureID and Secured by Visa. Both allow only a few characters with just letters and numbers. I get furious that my very secure passwords are not allowed.
One bank blamed the system, saying the reason it's doing it this way is because it's "American".
- sirn 16y agoDoes Verified by VISA works (or not working) the same everywhere? I thought each bank has to support it independently, so I'm only blaming my bank for requiring me to use exactly 6-digit numbers as my VbV password.
- hellweaver666 16y agoMy bank insists on a five digit numeric pin to login to the online banking. FIVE NUMBERS EXACTLY. I mean... seriously, WTF?
- pierrefar 16y agoAre they assuming you're too brain dead to remember more?
- pyre 16y agoOne number less and hackers would be all over them! Be thankful for that extra number! ;-)
- jrockway 16y agoBut you get locked out forever after three tries. Consider the PIN to be a convenient way to not have to call the helpdesk every time you want to access your account, not as a key used to secure your data for eternity.
- pjscott 16y agoI wonder how many people's PINs are the first few digits of pi, e, or the Fibonacci sequence.