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Re:Kevin Mitnick has died by larntz on Thursday July 20, 2023 @08:59AM (#36799809)
At first I thought this was a reference to the movie Sneakers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zVgWpVXb64), but after searching it seems Wells Fargo also does this, https://www.wellsfargo.com/privacy-security/voice-verificati....
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Re:Kevin Mitnick has died by detourdog on Thursday July 20, 2023 @09:20AM (#36800034)
I just thought it was an interesting contrast to the bank executive story. Which demonstrated how the passphrase may have evolved and that moving money is done by voice authentication today.

Using just ones voice is bad. Using a phrase is better. Using a phrase that is unique and describes its function may set-off alarm bells for some.

I never connected the phrase with Sneakers.

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