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pcernie
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Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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Fri Nov 09, 2012 12:22 am |
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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm Posts: 10022
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Mighty impressive but is it secure? I always seem to misplace my card reader whenever I need it yet it's always in the way when I don't. Something like this would be useful.
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Fri Nov 09, 2012 12:59 am |
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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But that is the benefit. If someone nicks the card they do necessarily get the dongle at the same time. If someone does steal the card they will also get the rolling pin generator. If my cards are stolen now they do not necessarily get the pin generator. Now all this will do is allow the thieves to make purchases which are hard for the owner to disprove because they had the rolling number generator as well.
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Fri Nov 09, 2012 6:21 am |
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saspro
Site Admin
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:53 pm Posts: 8603 Location: location, location
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The token generator requires knowledge of the users pin for the token generator before it would work.
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Fri Nov 09, 2012 12:00 pm |
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:58 pm Posts: 8767 Location: behind the sofa
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Most banks use the same pin reader. I can use my Barclay reader with my Coop account, for example. The reader has no knowledge of the user or account, so losing it is unimportant. It's knowledge of the pin that matters.
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Fri Nov 09, 2012 12:03 pm |
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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I cannot use a PIN. I still have chip and signature cards.
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Fri Nov 09, 2012 1:04 pm |
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steve74
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:43 pm Posts: 1798 Location: Manchester
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Hmm, do the people who dream up these things ever consider the day-to-day practicalities of carrying around such a device?
I tend to sit on my wallet when it's in the back pocket of my trousers, existing cards are pretty resilient and can stand a bit of bending and flexing. It wouldn't work for long if it was kept in my wallet, LCD screen would get cracked in a matter of days if you carry it around with you where you normally put your credit cards.
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Fri Nov 09, 2012 5:24 pm |
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