Monday, 30 March 2009

What's with these banks?

Have you noticed how some banks are easier to log into than others? It all boils down to the authentication scheme they are using. Some use a login name and password; others require you to memorise a 100 digit number and provide bits of DNA in order to access you account. OK, that's stretching it, but it does feel like that sometimes. I think the ones that annoy me to most are the ones that have a random number generator just like the SSL VPN authentication tokens we use at work. Not that I have a problem with the number generators, it's just that I never have one with me when I need it.

It's only a matter of time I guess before biometrics are used and you're really have to provide some DNA to access you data. We'll see about that!

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