Re: [OT] ...ish....New Natwest online banking security hardware

[Mal Lansell <mal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

And when everyone else starts doing this, are we all supposed to carry
around a bag full of card readers etc?


noel_pilot wrote:

> Kinda offtopic but I know how we all like techy things.
>
> Received a new natwest switch card this week way before the other one
> expires, so called to query, apparently im due to receive a calculator
> sized card reader, completely standalone that when you put your bank
> card in it it gives you a one time password a la vasco/rsa tokens.
>
> fine I accept that they need to improve security etc and i guess thats
> better than an rsa token as it'll prove you've got the card,
> however....what about when you want to access banking from away from
> home, its trial at the moment but if that was to become mandatory it
> could prove very inconvenient!!
>
> far better would be something called PocketID which we're about to
> trial at work, these are cards (which can include credit cards with
> chip and pin I believe) that have a one time password generator and
> screen inside them, absolutely the same size and thickness as a normal
> card, very very cool and works incredibly well!!
>
> Anyways....is anyone else got this thing through from Natwest? any
> thoughts on the wider subject??
>
> Noel
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