Re:My bank sent me 64 copies of the same debit card
by Nextgrid on Friday March 12, 2021 @04:28AM
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It's not completely dumb. Address verification can be part of an identity verification measure. It shouldn't be the only one, and an override should be possible, but it's completely valid and effective at thwarting remote attacks.
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Re:My bank sent me 64 copies of the same debit card
by 40four on Friday March 12, 2021 @11:03AM
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Sure, the logic lines up. I think it’s dumb just because how un-useful it is. Waiting for a week for a password reset to arrive in the mailbox is pretty painful.
Pretty secure I suppose, except in the OP’s case, where it was sent to an old address. And they wouldn’t update it over the phone? So they essentially gave some strangers access to his bank account.