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SiteKey to Prevent Phishing

Posted by timothy on from the yeah-right dept.

Perekrestok writes "An article at CNN talks about a new system called SiteKey which will be rolled out at Bank of America across the U.S. by this fall. The system would require an online user to not only enter a password but also answer three personal questions. More interestingly, the system will have a button which will allow the user to verify that they are indeed at the bank's website and not at some scammer's fake site."

10 of 377 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Useless. by IDontAgreeWithYou · · Score: 5, Funny

    What is your name?
    What is your quest?
    What is your favorite color?

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  2. 3 PERSONAL Questions by Uukrul · · Score: 5, Funny

    Patriot Act Enhanced Questions

    1. Religion?
    2. Who you voted last election?
    3. Are you a terrorist?

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  3. Ah, Geez. More coding by smchris · · Score: 2, Funny


    With the HTML they'll have to keep churning out, pretty soon phishing is going to seem like a real job.

  4. Obligatory by value_added · · Score: 5, Funny

    BofA: What is your name?
    Sir Lancelot: My name is Sir Lancelot of Camelot.
    BofA: What is your quest?
    Sir Lancelot: To seek the Holy Grail.
    BofA: What is your favorite color?
    Sir Lancelot: Blue.
    BofA: Right, off you go.

  5. Re:FIRST FISH! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    I AM A FISH!

    Maybe ... but do you have a
    <button type="very, very securish! Really!">Click</button>
    to prove it?

    See, I thought so.
  6. Re:I don't have time for that junk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    But then it's be easy to spot the scammer:
    Of course your on the real bank website
    The real website however would say:
    Of course you're on the real bank website

  7. Re:I don't have time for that junk by MyLongNickName · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have a rebuttal to your comment, but I can't go into it at present. (Sorry)

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  8. Re:Useless. by FlopEJoe · · Score: 2, Funny

    And still... all of this is useless when Bank of America lost my information on a tape backup during transfer. No wait... they finally admitted it was stolen. But I shouldn't worry. Sigh.

  9. Re:EASY ANSWER TO PHISHING by deesine · · Score: 1, Funny


    You mentioned 'email', 'login', 'mail', and 'browser window' in two sentences with instructions.

    You just lost 1/2 your users. They won't get it.

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  10. Re:I don't have time for that junk by julesh · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have a rebuttal to your rebuttal, but it it is too large to fit in the width of this much-indented comment thread. (Sorry)