Alan Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>The bankserv.co.za web site claimed to be part of a system called "Verified
>by VISA", and asked me for the PIN that I use for ATM transactions with my
>credit card.
"Verified by VISA" was something that Visa came up with after being burned by
SET. Inste
Yes, the whole Verified By Visa / Mastercard SecureCode initiative has
been handled very badly by the banks. I work at a very large travel
dotcom based in the UK, in the team that looks after the shopping basket
and payments. We were one of the first sites to add support for 3D
secure (the umbrell
I just ran a speed test on my laptop. Here are some relevant excerpts:
CipherKey Size Block Size Enc KB/sec Dec KB/sec
-- -- --
IDEA 128 bits 8 bytes 24032.0924030.66
3DES 192 bits 8 bytes 10387.6710399.30
CAST5
The other problem for this technique is battery life.
Let's assume we can shove a firmware update/hack/whatever into the phone to
enable snooping, it's still transmitting when acting
as a bug. Even if this feature is only enabled when the phone is geolocated
somewhere "interesting", the reducti
