[Gllug] natwest fantasticness

Bruce Richardson itsbruce at uklinux.net
Mon Apr 5 22:27:52 UTC 2004


On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 10:14:10PM +0100, Peter 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. 

Really?  How often does anybody check your signature?  One time in 50 if
you're lucky.

-- 
Bruce

I object to intellect without discipline.  I object to power without
constructive purpose. -- Spock
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