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

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

What's online banking?

:-D

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Mal Lansell
> Sent: 27 August 2007 12:10
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] ...ish....New Natwest online banking
> security hardware
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> And when everyone else starts doing this, are we all supposed to carry
> around a bag full of card readers etc?
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> noel_pilot wrote:
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> > Kinda offtopic but I know how we all like techy things.
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> > 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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