Post by @daedalus@eigenmagic.net

@daedalus@eigenmagic.net 3 hr. ago

I have worked on bank IT systems. "Bank-level security" is not the reassuring phrase you seem to believe it is.

A screenshot of Humble Bundle's website, showing the Payment Information part of settings. The text reads "To comply with U.S. tax regulations, we need your billing details. Rest assured, all personal data is protected with bank-level security. You are purchasing digital goods, no physical items will be shipped." The bit about "bank-level security" is highlighted in red (by me).

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Deborah Pickett

@futzle@old.mermaid.town 3 hr. ago

@daedalus “Bank-level” security, IME, means “4-digit PINs”, “SMS 2FA”, and “password managers are forbidden”.

Andrew Zonenberg

@azonenberg@ioc.exchange 1 hr. ago

@futzle @daedalus and "passwords silently truncated to 14 characters" in one case i know of

stibbons

@stibbons@s.scintilla.social 3 hr. ago

@futzle @daedalus Fond* memories of CBA's netbanking making you enter your pin by clicking a number pad that jumped around the browser window after every click.

Deborah Pickett

@futzle@old.mermaid.town 3 hr. ago

@stibbons @daedalus Oh is that who ING copied that annoyance from?

Melissa BearTrix

@MelissaBearTrix@gives.hugz.online 2 hr. ago

@futzle @stibbons @daedalus

Advance bank was first with that, st George then purchased advance bank

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The ghost of internet past

@jpm@aus.social 3 hr. ago

@daedalus likewise, “military-grade” is just the cheapest shit the contractor can provide that meets the spec