[kwlug-disc] Password scam

[Digimer]

Well, I thought they did a good job of explaining it's use when it 
prompted me to select an image to use. I mean, you can't code away 
carelessness and stupidity, but you can provide good protection for 
those who are cautious. I think they did a great job of this with such a 
simple solution.

digimer

On 22/10/14 03:49 PM, Chris Craig wrote:
> I know _lots_ of people who wouldn't even know why the picture was
> being shown, or would notice if it was missing. Any security measure
> relying on the user to know that it's a security measure to work is
> doomed.
>
> On 22 October 2014 15:40, Digimer <lists at alteeve.ca> wrote:
>> On 22/10/14 03:32 PM, William Park wrote:
>>>
>>> This is one of better scam I've seen.  It redirects you to a page to get
>>> you to "sign" in, thus collecting your email address and password.
>>>
>>> The best scam (which someone fell for) was exact duplicate of TD Bank's
>>> site.  Looking at the page, you wouldn't suspect at all, especially if
>>> you were busy, forgot to sign off, or left computer for awhile.
>>
>>
>> MBNA has a neat feature.
>>
>> When you sign up, you choose a picture. Then they show you that picture on
>> the login screen. If you don't see the picture, you assume its a fake and
>> don't enter your credentials.
>>
>> Rather ingenious.
>>
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