[extropy-chat] The Business of Protecting Your Own Finances
Brian Atkins
brian at posthuman.com
Wed Apr 26 16:28:17 UTC 2006
Some banks are moving to using a graphical keyboard where you can point and
click your password to prevent keylogging. Actually in fact Windows XP has a
graphical keyboard build in - just go to Start -> Run, and type osk.exe and it
will pop up. Using that would help.
Also some banks are moving to using two factor authentication where you need to
have not only some knowledge but also possess a physical fob or device that will
give you a constantly changing code in order to login.
http://www.rsasecurity.com/node.asp?id=1157
P.S. If you do think you are a victim of keylogging, I would obviously suggest
not only changing your bank password, but also every other password or other
important bit of info you've typed in the last several months.
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Brian Atkins
Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
http://www.singinst.org/
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