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And the convenience of online banking just lost all of its convenience. I'd rather just drive to the bank to conduct all transfers... seems safer.


My bank has fairly lax login requirements (account ID, some random digits of a N digit PIN, some random letters of a longish password.

But to make payments to new accounts, you have to add that account to your approved list, which involves inserting your debit card into a little calculator-style reader, entering your (different) PIN, and then doing CHAP style auth with a random number supplied on the webpage, which is (hopefully decently crypto) mangled by the device, giving you a confirmation code.

It's a bit of a hassle when you need to send some money to someone quickly and can't find the little machine, but otherwise, I think it's a pretty decent level of security.




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