Not to defend the designers in any way or fashion, but I'd like to ask,
How much security can you put into a plastic card, the size of a credit
card, that has to perform its function in a secure manner, all in under
2 seconds (in under 1 second in parts of Asia)? And it has to do this
while
Leichter, Jerry [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Anyone know anything about these guys? (www.vaultid.com). They are trying
to implement one-time credit card numbers on devices you take with you -
initially cell phones and PDA's, eventually in a credit card form factor.
The general idea seems good, but
Perry E. Metzger wrote:
The call-the-customer-and-reissue mechanism is a
mediocre solution to the fraud problem, but it is the
one we have these days.
Why is it a mediocre solution?
The credit card number is a widely shared secret. It
has been known for centuries that widely shared secrets
independent contactless card e-money scheme called sQuid (UK)
squidcard.com
From:Peter Tomlinson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Fwd: ID Stronghold
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date:Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:02:51 +
Roland Perry wrote:
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Peter Tomlinson
[EMAIL
John Ioannidis [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Alex Alten wrote:
Great. What next? I guess air-gap transfer of flash memory might be
the best solution.
Malware's new infection route: photo frames
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/01/26/MNE7UHOOQ.DTL
For starters, you can
James A. Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Perry E. Metzger wrote:
The call-the-customer-and-reissue mechanism is a
mediocre solution to the fraud problem, but it is the
one we have these days.
Why is it a mediocre solution?
The credit card number is a widely shared secret. It
has been
