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Re:Mt. Gox Finds 200,000 Missing Bitcoins by kiba on Friday March 21, 2014 @03:03AM (#7441028)
And yet you still see banking security that insists on alphanumeric password only and no 2FA.

Seriously, that's screwed up. That being said, banks have insurance and all that jazz. So even though the state of security is not that great, it seems that you are less likely to get screwed incase of a screwup.

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Re:Mt. Gox Finds 200,000 Missing Bitcoins by bananas on Friday March 21, 2014 @03:07AM (#7441047)
Not seen that in Europe for a long time. In fact all four UK bank accounts I have use two-factor auth.
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Re:Mt. Gox Finds 200,000 Missing Bitcoins by vertex-four on Friday March 21, 2014 @06:43AM (#7441512)
My UK bank account (Bank of Scotland) does not have two-factor auth, and there's no stated plans to implement it, as far as I can tell.
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Re:Mt. Gox Finds 200,000 Missing Bitcoins by bananas on Friday March 21, 2014 @07:19AM (#7441613)
My RBS and Natwest accounts both have CAP devices:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Authentication_Program

Edit: apparently I don't need them any more.

HSBC does still require it though.

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Re:Mt. Gox Finds 200,000 Missing Bitcoins by arethuza on Friday March 21, 2014 @07:24AM (#7441625)
They used to offer 2 factor authentication to some personal account holders but they have removed that and it only appears to be available for business accounts:

https://www.bankofscotland.co.uk/online/portal/

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Re:Mt. Gox Finds 200,000 Missing Bitcoins by bananas on Friday March 21, 2014 @07:26AM (#7441632)
That's news to me - not that I've logged into my accounts for a few months! :)
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