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UK Banking Law Blames Customers For Insecure OS
twitter writes "If you use an insecure OS in the UK and someone drains your bank account, the banks say it's your fault. The Register reports: 'The Banking Code produced by the British Bankers' Association (BBA), and followed by most banks, makes it clear that banks will not be responsible for losses on online bank accounts if consumers do not have up to date anti-virus, anti-spyware, and firewall software installed on their machines.'" twitter went on to note that the majority of consumer PCs use an operating system with a history of security issues. Should end users be ultimately responsible for the state of their systems?
So, to summarize:
bankers: "You better use a secure OS, or you'll be liable for any fraudulent transactions with your account."
customers: "Okay. What if we use Firefox on Linux?"
bankers: "That'll work."
customers: "Hey, we can't access your site using Firefox!"
bankers: [British equivalent of "hah! Sucks to be you!"]
Apology to Ubuntu forum.
client rings up the bank, 'i have been stolen from',
bank rep asks: whats your operating system:
client says: mac osx
rep says: im sorry sir that means your liable for the losses
client asks: why
rep says: you dont run norton antivirus, only norton antivirus protected computers are safe. Thank you for banking with us, can i help you with anything else?
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That's part of the reason why anybody with half a brain uses a credit union.
I don't respond to AC's.
I'm not sure why one would sign up for a bank called "Egg" in the first place.
Anthropic principle: We see the universe the way it is because if it were different we would not be here to see it.