[Gllug] natwest fantasticness

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 10:58:32AM +0100, Stephen Harker wrote:
> On Monday 05 Apr 2004 22:14, Peter Childs wrote:
> >     Its like this new Chip and Pin. If thats more secure than a personal
> > thing like a signiture then I'm not a computer programmer. In this age
> > where we think seriously of using a 128 bit encription the creditcard
> > company go and use a 10bit key! Rather than a much large key that they
> > were using before ie somones signiture. True passwords are not much
> > stronger than a pin but they are usally twice the length with twice the
> > number of different letters.
> >     Sorry for stating my opions but the adverts were beginning to get on
> > my nerves.
> 
> Given that most shop assistants rarely even look at your signature, someone 
> who steals your card can buy loads of stuff and get away with it.

Seems fitting to introduce this link....

  http://www.thescreamonline.com/cartoons/cartoons3-3/

Dan.
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