Re: Using SMS for password reset.

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Date	Tue, 30 Jan 2024 16:38:00 +0100
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On Tue, 30 Jan 2024, Spiros Bousbouras wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Jan 2024 10:39:28 -0000 (UTC)
> Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> wrote:
>> On 2024-01-30, Sylvia Else wrote:
>>> This is really a rant - venting to release some of the frustration.
>>>
>>> I'm in the process of selling my house, and I need somewhere secure to
>>> hold the proceeds. I decided I'd create a account with a bank I don't
>>> otherwise bank with, and interact online with it using a live-DVD on a
>>> system that has no storage. So no risk of key loggers or other hacks.
>>> I'd remember the strong password, and not have it written down anywhere.
>>
>> Until you don't remember it, then what?
>>
>> Because let's face it, eventually we all forget the password.
>
> That's a very presumptuous thing to say. I have my own ways of storing and
> retrieving passwords (which may include just my memory) and I'm confident
> they are secure and reliable enough. So don't include me in your "we".
>
> I share Sylvia's frustration and it's not just with banks. Pretty much any
> online site with an option to create an account , will also have some kind
> of password reminder , usually sent to your email. Very often I have wished
> for sites to offer the option when creating an account to disable any
> password reminders but I have yet to see a site which does this.
>

Just for the record, please add me to the "we". When it comes to password 
reset, I've never had a bank that does not have go to their office in 
person to setup accounts and change passwords.

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