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?

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Banking is basically a Ponzi scam

[Colin Smith]

As the US in particular is finding out (yet again) right now. Why on earth would you do more than the absolute minimum business with these people?

Caveat Emptor...