The recent thread regarding "thinking graphically" reminded of a recent update my bank made to enhance protection for online banking customers: they added a visual aspect to the login process.
When logging into your account, you must now choose an image from a library containing hundreds (thousands?) of images, and related word or phrase that you are to be presented with every time you log in. Presumably this step was taken to thwart phishing attempts since it's pretty difficult, if not impossible, to replicate the login process (the image and login word/phrase are stored on the server). We'll have to see how effective this technique is in the long run. But as a designer, I find this development to be very interesting and wonder if the same safeguards will eventually be be applied to other situations requiring secure login/registration, including software. Pretty soon we'll have to start keeping track of all our visual passwords, either in an image database, or in a descriptive text version of the same. Something to think about... Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design ----- E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: http://www.tactilemedia.com _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution