Ricardo Aráoz wrote: > LOL. > I have a 4 digit code I chose myself to access ATM's. Last month the > bank forces on me an aditional 3 letter code which I cannot choose, in > order to be able to extract money. So I go ask the bank manager why are > they complicating my life : > - It's for your safety, if somebody gets hold of your 4 digit code you > still have the 3 letter code. > - But if someone gets my 4 digit code he will surely get the 3 letter > code, why should it be safer? > - Errr... it's for your safety. > - So why can't I choose the 3 letter code? I won't remember it and > surely loose the paper the ATM gave me and then it'll surely be red tape > hell to get it back again. > > - Nothing we can do, not in our hands. > > > So PLEASE tell me the bank people who think adding this code makes me > safe are not handling my data! Please tell me people who think enhancing > security is piling one code after another are not handling my data. > > First of all the three letter code they give you. I would remember that by putting some words to it to maybe make a phrase if you can. DLB = Dogs love boning IKJ = Irs kills journalist etc
My take on passwords etc is that they are secure when people can remember them without writing them down. As soon as they become too complicated to remember people will write them down somewhere (on paper or computer) and you have just defeated the point. We've had the same thing with an ASDA (part of walmart) system called retail link. For a password you have to have at least 7 chars, some upper case, some lower case, some digits. If you don't access the system often, there is no way you will remember the password, so it gets written down somewhere (secure). We tend to use passwords like SW0RDF1Sh using 1's and 0's instead of O's and I's. You still have to remember which is upper and lower case. Just my .2 Peter ---------------------------------------------------------------- Rajan Imports has changed - we are now Whispering Smith Ltd. For more information see our website at www.whisperingsmith.com Please update your address book with my new email address: [email protected] . This communication is intended for the person or organisation to whom it is addressed. The contents are confidential and may be protected in law. Unauthorised use, copying or disclosure of any of it may be unlawful. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by telephone or email. www.whisperingsmith.com Whispering Smith Ltd Head Office:61 Great Ducie Street, Manchester M3 1RR. Tel:0161 831 3700 Fax:0161 831 3715 London Office:17-19 Foley Street, London W1W 6DW Tel:0207 299 7960 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
