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Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry'

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John <Man@the.keyboard> wrote:
> On 1 Mar 2025 16:53:52 GMT, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
> wrote:
[...]

> >  Real banks have real security. Neither e-mail nor SMS count as real
> >security.
> 
>  *I* know this and *you* know this but the buggers in Marketing and
> Upper Level Management do not. 

[...]

> >  We (in The Netherlands) have had hardware TOTP (Timed One Time
> >Passsword) generators since eons. 
> 
>  I do have one of them ... sorry, two of them, one per bank for two
> different banks, but the banks don't use them any longer. 

  <boggle!> Here, a bank would be in big, big trouble with the
authorities if they used/allowed e-mail/SMS and did not use/allow TOTP
generators. The opinion of the bank's 'Upper Level Management' is
totally irrelevant. they'll have to comply with the security
requirements.

  FYI, we  -well at least our banks - never had e-mail/SMS
authentication, because it's just not safe enough.

> >Yes, we *also* have other means, but
> >anyone can still have and use the hardware TOTP device. So we only need
> >any computing device with a web-browser, the hardware TOTP device and
> >the bankcard which goes into its slot. No phone or phone number needed.
> 
>   UKlander banks would *require* a mobile number just to be arseholes
> even were one not necessary. Everyone seems to. :) 

  Here, any unreasonable/unneded requirement is null and void. Of course
it'll take effort to get things your way.

[...]

> >  Related (Dutch) Wikipedia webpage:
> ><https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabo_Scanner>
> 
>  Dutch is neither German nor English but I was interested to learn
> that I could follow most of those pages. Thank you. :)

  You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed it.

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OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-02-27 18:38 +0000
  Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-02-27 18:50 +0000
    Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2025-02-28 23:50 +0000
  Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-02-27 13:51 -0500
    Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Jack <noreply@mandrill.com> - 2025-02-27 18:54 +0000
      Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-02-27 19:04 +0000
        Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Jim H <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-02-28 18:22 +0000
          Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-02-28 20:04 +0000
            Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2025-02-28 23:58 +0000
              Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-03-01 08:40 +0000
                Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2025-03-02 11:15 +0000
              Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-03-01 16:53 +0000
                Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-03-01 18:21 +0000
                Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-03-01 18:58 +0000
                Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2025-03-02 11:49 +0000
                Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-03-02 13:33 +0000
                Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2025-03-02 20:51 +0000
            Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Jim H <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-03-01 17:28 +0000
  Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' wasbit <wasbit@nowhere.com> - 2025-02-28 09:29 +0000
  Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-02-28 16:19 +0000
    Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2025-03-01 00:00 +0000
      Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-03-01 12:30 +0000
        Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2025-03-02 11:24 +0000
          Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-03-02 11:51 +0000
            Re: OT but amusing; A Tale of Curry' John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2025-03-02 20:32 +0000

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