The National Australia Bank launched SMS authentication earlier this year.
Whenever you transfer money or pay a bill (ie. anything risky), it sends a unique code via SMS to your phone. You then type that number into the system before it does the transaction.
It's free too.
It's highly unlikely someon has both stolen your mobile phone AND phished your details.
Slashdot Mirror
Fair enough.. though in Australia nobody has tried that yet afaik (charging for incoming SMS).
The National Australia Bank launched SMS authentication earlier this year.
Whenever you transfer money or pay a bill (ie. anything risky), it sends a unique code via SMS to your phone. You then type that number into the system before it does the transaction.
It's free too.
It's highly unlikely someon has both stolen your mobile phone AND phished your details.
Uhh no. It's a customer of the ISP running it for the benefit of their fellow customers.
The contest was to get your Segway before March !! You still have to pay for it.
I'm paying $59.95 AUD ($35USD or so) for Unlimited Cable (3Mbit down, 128kbps up).. in Melbourne, Australia.