Re:What I Wish I Knew About U2F and Other Hardware MFA Proto...
by mnahkies on Saturday April 17, 2021 @03:25AM
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> Also accounts for money if they offer this kind of security
This is something that astonishes me. So many financial institutions still have:
- (low) max length limits on passwords
- restrictions like no special chars in passwords, or exactly this many numbers etc
- over reliance on a pin where a password would be more suitable
- no 2fa, or at best SMS based 2fa
- ridiculous security questions as if someone's favourite colour etc is drawn from a large pool of values
As a developer I can guess that most of these restrictions are probably stemmed from a mountain of tech debt, but I would've expected this to be a priority for such companies. It makes me wonder if they are bound to follow some outdated regulations or something preventing them from doing better
This is something that astonishes me. So many financial institutions still have:
- (low) max length limits on passwords
- restrictions like no special chars in passwords, or exactly this many numbers etc
- over reliance on a pin where a password would be more suitable
- no 2fa, or at best SMS based 2fa
- ridiculous security questions as if someone's favourite colour etc is drawn from a large pool of values
As a developer I can guess that most of these restrictions are probably stemmed from a mountain of tech debt, but I would've expected this to be a priority for such companies. It makes me wonder if they are bound to follow some outdated regulations or something preventing them from doing better