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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."

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  1. Re:A button? by lakin · · Score: 0, Redundant

    From the article:
    Customers can also verify they are indeed at Bank of America's Web site by clicking on a SiteKey button. If they fail to see a secret image and phrase they had chosen earlier, they could be at a fake Web site and the target of a "phishing" scam.

    That sounds like quite a good idea to me.

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  2. Three personal questions? by Shoten · · Score: 1, Redundant

    "STOP! He who approaches the Online Banking Website of Death must answer me these questions three, 'ere the other side he see."

    "What...is your name?"

    "What...is your quest?"

    "What...is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?"

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