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What shocks (and irritates!) me is that Charles Schwab keeps wanting me to set up voice ID. Why would I want to set up a voice ID for something that is now tri
by gortok 2y ago
What shocks (and irritates!) me is that Charles Schwab keeps wanting me to set up voice ID. Why would I want to set up a voice ID for something that is now trivially spoofed?
- alamortsubite 2y agoWhen was the last time you encountered this? I remember getting nags up until around the end of last year, but not lately. I like to think they dropped the program because I expressed concerns about it to so many reps, but more likely I've just been dialing in on a different number.
- gortok 2y agoToday. I get an interstitial every time I log in that tries to get me to enable their VoiceID system (here's a screenshot): https://georgestocker.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/schwabvoiceid.png https://georgestocker.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/schwabv...
- alamortsubite 2y agoThat's crazy. Well, I guess I'll keep at them.
- MichaelDickens 2y agoSchwab used to have an 8 character maximum on passwords (although at least they changed that). They have never been a paragon of good security practices.
- SoftTalker 2y agoThey've presumably been good enough that their losses are less costly than better security.