[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > You know, I'd wonder how many people on this > list use or have used online banking. > > To start the ball rolling, I have not and won't. > > --dan
I do. My bank provides an RSA SecureId, so I feel reasonably safe against anyone other than the bank. I have no basis for knowing how good the bank's precautions against insider fraud are, but they phone back to confirm unusual instructions, and they ask for only fragments of passwords when they do, so there is evidence that they make sensible efforts to do the right thing. I have been a good customer for more than 30 years, it's a highly respectable specialist bank, I am a lawyer, and if I find a fake transaction on my account I believe I stand a good chance of fighting it. I know who to hire as an expert to investigate the bank's system when I have put it in issue in litigation. The aggregate of my balance and my credit limit is an amount I can afford to lose. In this context the convenience of online banking is enough to justify the risk. Nicholas Bohm -- Salkyns, Great Canfield, Takeley, Bishop's Stortford CM22 6SX, UK Phone 01279 871272 (+44 1279 871272) Fax 020 7788 2198 (+44 20 7788 2198) Mobile 07715 419728 (+44 7715 419728) PGP public key ID: 0x899DD7FF. Fingerprint: 5248 1320 B42E 84FC 1E8B A9E6 0912 AE66 899D D7FF --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
