Exactly! There is no way "they" can make anything secure. Putting faith in Corporations/Business/Govt to make use "secure" is a misplaced ideology.
Only you can make yourself secure, on the street, in your house, dealing with your bank. Read the banks policy's and procedures. Only use their direct link, don't click on links via email. We all know this, and we (My intended "WE" is this mailing list - aka knowledgable individuals who are smarter than the average bear) know not to click every link that comes via email, just because it looks like it came from our bank. So long as you keep your end secure, the bank keeps their end secure, a man-in-the-middle via ssl would be difficult to accomplish. ----------------------------------- Chris Lobkowicz VA6CPL ...- .- -.... -.-. .--. .-.. [email protected] On 04-05-2012, at 21:20 , Greg Saunders wrote: > Hi Joe, > > I have been "on-line" banking for so many years at this point, I can't > remember when I didn't. Honestly. > > Don't worry about the fear, "there is simply no way they can make the system > secure". "They" can't make your neighbourhood, street or house secure either > :) > > On-line banking (among other things) is about freedom believe it or not. The > freedom to do whatever the hell you want other than stand in-line at that > bank. > > Cheers! > Greg > > > On 4 May 2012 21:03, <[email protected]> wrote: > IMHO there is simply no way they can make the system secure. > > It is very easy to fool people and one way is to set up a fake server which > tunnels into the Bank's own website. > > But KB loggers are easy to install as well. The population simply has no > clue. Hense IMHO the banks should not be offering this. I guess they are > willing to take the risk. > > In your case since you are likely pretty competent, then I think your chances > of being compromised are pretty low. > > > > > > On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 08:37:49PM -0600, Joe S wrote: > > I have been avoiding online banking (have an account at RBC); am > > wondering how safe it is to do online banking. I'm assuming the > > connection should be secure, but I'm thinking if a bug gets on > > the computer couldn't it get info on my account? Are there any > > real concerns with this. I didn't want my bank statements mailed > > out, and RBC said they would have to set up online banking for me > > to get them. > > > > Thanks > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying
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