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Post by Doug on Oct 23, 2014 13:46:35 GMT -5
What is so complicated about "if it ain't broke don't fix it". Just spent 45 min on the phone with my bank dealing with some new safety log in crap that will accomplish nothing.
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Post by Marshall on Oct 23, 2014 16:08:54 GMT -5
If you're not broke, your bank will fix it.
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Post by Lonnie on Oct 23, 2014 19:18:28 GMT -5
It's a philosophy that will never be adopted by software developers. Updating and fixing something that already works just fine is the only way they can build any job security. That, and rendering the previous version incompatible with the latest operating system. I had to buy a new recording computer a few weeks ago. I have thousands invested in software, not a single application or plug-in in my library is compatible with the new OS, so I neeed to buy all the software again, and I needed to repurchase all but one of my 3rd party plug-ins.
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Post by Cornflake on Oct 23, 2014 19:23:38 GMT -5
I talk often with IT people who work for the big insurance company that occupies most of my office building. My uninformed impression is that anti-hacking measures are "broke," to a large extent, and that they need to be adding additional security features. Your bank may feel the same way.
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Post by dickt on Oct 23, 2014 20:58:40 GMT -5
Sounds like they are implementing two-factor authentication which is actually a good thing security-wise
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Oct 23, 2014 21:53:21 GMT -5
My bank went 'biometric' a few years ago. To set it up, I had to type my log in ID and password about 8,000 times (okay, maybe 15 times) so they could learn my typing cadence. I wasn't consistent enough so I had to start over. You could not make a typo. I can rarely type anything 15 times without a typo. Finally got it set up. Now 'all' I have to do to get into my account is produce a near exact replica of my recorded typing cadence without hitting a wrong key.
Thinking about stashing my meager fortune in a coffee can. One pound can, which is now 13 ounces.
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Post by Dub on Oct 23, 2014 22:47:43 GMT -5
…Thinking about stashing my meager fortune in a coffee can. One pound can, which is now 13 ounces. I wound up with eleven eggs in a carton the other day and I remember thinking it was one less than a dozen. I thought, if thirteen (one more than a dozen) is a baker's dozen, perhaps eleven is a banker's dozen. |
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Post by Dub on Oct 23, 2014 22:52:39 GMT -5
What is so complicated about "if it ain't broke don't fix it". Just spent 45 min on the phone with my bank dealing with some new safety log in crap that will accomplish nothing. But it WILL accomplish something. With the new measures in place, you and the bank's other online customers will be much less likely to have your accounts hacked. |
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Post by Russell Letson on Oct 23, 2014 23:49:49 GMT -5
My on-line security solution is to not do any of our banking on line. That way I don't have to remember much of anything, except where the bank is.
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Post by Lonnie on Oct 24, 2014 0:11:19 GMT -5
We'll all simply freeze up one of these days.
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Post by Marshall on Oct 24, 2014 7:59:26 GMT -5
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Post by Doug on Oct 24, 2014 8:34:08 GMT -5
It's a philosophy that will never be adopted by software developers. Updating and fixing something that already works just fine is the only way they can build any job security. That, and rendering the previous version incompatible with the latest operating system. I had to buy a new recording computer a few weeks ago. I have thousands invested in software, not a single application or plug-in in my library is compatible with the new OS, so I neeed to buy all the software again, and I needed to repurchase all but one of my 3rd party plug-ins. Lonnie, which new OS is causing that? I want to avoid that one. |
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Post by Lonnie on Oct 24, 2014 9:02:08 GMT -5
It's a philosophy that will never be adopted by software developers. Updating and fixing something that already works just fine is the only way they can build any job security. That, and rendering the previous version incompatible with the latest operating system. I had to buy a new recording computer a few weeks ago. I have thousands invested in software, not a single application or plug-in in my library is compatible with the new OS, so I neeed to buy all the software again, and I needed to repurchase all but one of my 3rd party plug-ins. Lonnie, which new OS is causing that? I want to avoid that one. It started around Mac OS 10.6, so I stayed with 10.5.8 as long as I could. My new machine is 10.9. So I have 3 computers running, one at 10.5, one at 10.6, and the new one. The new machine is strictly for recording, as Adobe has moved their creative site to the cloud and I'm not going to upgrade to a subscription service. |
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Post by Fingerplucked on Oct 24, 2014 10:38:47 GMT -5
What is so complicated about "if it ain't broke don't fix it". Just spent 45 min on the phone with my bank dealing with some new safety log in crap that will accomplish nothing. That wasn't your bank. You have been hacked. Not to worry. Once they find out who you are, they'll be trying to give your identity back to you. Don't accept anything less than $10k to be you again. |
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Post by Doug on Oct 24, 2014 11:38:02 GMT -5
It's the daily spending account. The one that SS is direct deposit to. The one we use for all internet buying etc. So it goes up and down through the month so the most that we could loose depending on when the hack was would be less than $1000 and maybe as little as $200.
The level of security against hacks is like security against everything. You can be safe if you live in a prison.
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Post by Dub on Oct 24, 2014 13:32:52 GMT -5
…You can be safe if you live in a prison. Yeah, that's the ticket. Nothing bad happens to people in prison. |
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