Elazar Broad wrote:
> Neither, because ultimately no one cares, and that is why the
> financial industry foots the 60 billion identity theft bill. My
> rant was a little bit of wishful thinking and a shred of belief in
> the human race...
>
Having been a student in a computer-security training class taught by
one of the people who helps banks deal with these problems, I'd say
you're wrong. This is a hard set of problems. Smart people are working
on it -- not everywhere, but in enough places to make a difference.
Read the PCI and learn its role in the financial industry. Then this
conversation will become interesting. Here's a link to get you started:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_DSS
-Luke
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