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That "new payment system" is quite possibly interfacing with, say, mainframe code written in the 70s. That's often the source of banks' ridiculous account restr
by cdr 15y ago
That "new payment system" is quite possibly interfacing with, say, mainframe code written in the 70s. That's often the source of banks' ridiculous account restrictions.
- code_duck 15y agoI can't see any legitimate technical reason to restrict passwords. In my example, they could put a sensible account system on the front end, and do whatever they need to in the back end to link it to my phone number and a random 8 digit number, if that's what they need. Same with banks. They can set up a real user name and password from you, store it in a modern system, and link it to the older system behind the scenes. Perhaps there's some arcane legislation that prevents this, but it seems unlikely.
- cdr 15y agoThat's certainly true, but it doesn't usually seem to happen.