It's just a bit harder to counterfeit with the little heat sensitive doo-dad on it.
It also gives "normal" people the warm and fuzzies. People like things like that, makes them feel that the company is serious about security. In reality, it's no better than a picture of my big toe on the thing.... or, as you say, the words printed "I'm genuine" I always get a kick out of the "certificates of Authenticity" that people give with an autograph or some other collectable item. Hell, I can print a million of those certificates and have someone's signature printed on them too... with a cool color shifting "official seal" too! Mike B Michael P. Blanchard Senior Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE Office of Information Security & Risk Management EMC ² Corporation 32 Coslin Drive Southboro, MA 01772 -----Original Message----- From: funsec-boun...@linuxbox.org [mailto:funsec-boun...@linuxbox.org] On Behalf Of Drsolly Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 3:41 PM To: funsec@linuxbox.org Subject: [funsec] Verified by .... I just got a moneygram. There's this cute thing thats a pink stop sign, it's heat sensitive, if you touch it, it fades and the reappears. It tells you so on the moneygram, and it's true. I'm confused about why they think that this is any different from a document that says "I'm genuine". And I still can't get my bank to believe that asking me for my date of birth is any kind of evidence that I am who I say I am. Don't these people have *any* kind of security theory training? Or even any common sense? _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.