Re:The real reason "Wesabe lost" (to Mint)
by mst on Sunday October 03, 2010 @08:27PM
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> Any banking website that simply accepts a username and password would scare the hell out of me.
That's still most of them, I think. Halifax used to be username+pw+one security question. Now it's username+pw+3 letters out of a second pw (called "memorable information"). And to attempt to stop keylogging (or at least I presume this is why), the select boxes for the 3 letters don't let me hit the letter, I have to use arrow keys or the mouse. Which, frankly, makes me want to club somebody to death with a baby seal, even if it -is- theoretically more secure.
Re:The real reason "Wesabe lost" (to Mint)
by points on Monday October 04, 2010 @04:21AM
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I don't know the technicalities, but I always considered Halifax a 'building society' rather than a grown up bank. That is worrying. And ++ for the irritation of arrow keys+mouse etc I've seen that before on others.
That's still most of them, I think. Halifax used to be username+pw+one security question. Now it's username+pw+3 letters out of a second pw (called "memorable information"). And to attempt to stop keylogging (or at least I presume this is why), the select boxes for the 3 letters don't let me hit the letter, I have to use arrow keys or the mouse. Which, frankly, makes me want to club somebody to death with a baby seal, even if it -is- theoretically more secure.